Economic and Social Council

2002 Substantive Session

35^th and 36^th Meetings (AM & PM)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONSIDERS ISSUES CRITICAL TO DEVELOPMENT

-- SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, GLOBAL TAX COOPERATION, TOURISM

DEPLORING ISRAELI AIR ATTACK IN GAZA, SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES

CONCERN OVER ‘POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES’ OF ACT

The following statement was issued tonight by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General deplores the Israeli air attack that took place late tonight in the Gaza Strip, reportedly leaving 10 persons dead and more than

100 injured, including women and children.

$600 MILLION NEEDED FOR PROTECTING OZONE LAYER

OVER NEXT THREE YEARS, SAYS EXPERTS

New Needs Take Ozone Fund to $2 Billion Mark

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

FOOD CRISIS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA:  FAO CALLS FOR $25 MILLION

Emergency Projects Needed in Five Countries

Economic and Social Council

2002 Substantive Session

33^rd and 34^th Meetings (AM & PM)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONSIDERS ECONOMIC, SOCIAL REPERCUSSIONS

OF ISRAELI OCCUPATION OF PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, SYRIAN GOLAN

22/07/2002

Press Release SG/SM/8314 AFR/439

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES PROGRESS IN PEACE TALKS ON SUDAN CONFLICT

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General welcomes the progress made in the peace talks on the conflict in the Sudan, which have been taking place in Machakos, Kenya, under the auspices of the Sudan Peace Committee of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD).

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISAPPOINTED AT LACK OF PROGRESS IN LATEST SESSION,

WARNS THAT ‘CREDIBILITY OF ICSC IS AT STAKE’

Following are the remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fifty-fifth session of the International Civil Service Commission, New York, 22 July:

It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the United Nations for the fifty-fifth session of the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC).

UNRWA-UAE RED CRESCENT SOCIETY PARTNERSHIP BEGINS

WITH $27 MILLION DONATION TO REBUILD JENIN CAMP

22/07/2002

Press Release SC/7459

Security Council

4580^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL RECOMMENDS EXPERT PANEL TO STUDY

VIOLATIONS OF SOMALIA ARMS EMBARGO

The Security Council recommended today that a three-member panel of experts be set up to gather information on violations of the 1992 arms embargo on Somalia, with a view to strengthening it.

SPEAKERS CALL FOR SUSTAINED INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE

AS INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SEMINAR CONCLUDES IN COPENHAGEN

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)