DCF/416

Committee on NGOs

23^rd and 24^th Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS CONCLUDES TWO-WEEK SESSION;

RECOMMENDS 93 GROUPS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECOSOC

Security Council

4546^th Meeting* (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS FORCE MONITORING ISRAEL-SYRIA DISENGAGEMENT

UNTIL 31 DECEMBER, UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1415 (2002)

The Security Council this morning extended the mandate of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) for another seven months, until 31 December 2002.

LIBRARIES IN RUSSIAN FEDERATION, CHINA DESIGNATED

UNITED NATIONS DEPOSITORY LIBRARIES

VIEWS EXPRESSED ON ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY, CAPACITY-BUILDING, PARTNERSHIPS,

AS MULTI-STAKEHOLDER DIALOGUE CONCLUDES

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

PRESS RELEASE BY SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED

PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION 751 (1992)

At its nineteenth meeting, on 28 May 2002, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia exchanged views on enhancing effective implementation of the arms embargo.

Committee on NGOs

21^st and 22^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMITTEE CLOSES FILE ON COMPLAINT AGAINST NEW HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH,

REQUESTS FURTHER REPORT ON FRANCE LIBERTÉS' STAND ON TIBET

Committee Also Examines Sudan-Sponsored Draft

On Establishing General Voluntary Trust Fund for UN NGO Network

WATER SHOULD BE AT TOP OF JOHANNESBURG AGENDA, PREPARATORY MEETING

FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE TOLD

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

BALI, 29 May -- Water should be put “at the top of the agenda in Johannesburg”, Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange of the Netherlands, said this morning as the fourth and final Preparatory Committee session for the upcoming World Summit on Sustainable Development continued its work.

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON ERITREA AND ETHIOPIA

The following press statement on the peace process between Ethiopia and Eritrea was delivered today by Security CouncilPresident Kishore Mahbubani (Singapore):

Members of the Council heard a briefing by the Secretariat on the peace process between Eritrea and Ethiopia.

BALI PREPARATORY MEETING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE

OPENS WITH FLAG-RAISING CEREMONY

Largest International Meeting Ever Held in Bali to Continue through 7 June

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