UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION APPROVES AWARDS

OF $4.9 BILLION FOR COMPENSATION

(Reissued as received.)

Economic and Social Council

2002 Substantive Session

10^th & 11^th Meetings (AM & PM)

COUNCIL ADOPTS MINISTERIAL DECLARATION CALLING EDUCATION, HEALTH

CRUCIAL TO HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

Security Council

4566^th* Meeting (Night)

COUNCIL EXTENDS BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA MANDATE UNTIL 15 JULY

The Security Council this evening extended until 15 July the current mandate of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH), which was originally due to expire on 21 June.

Roundup

COMMISSION ON LIMITS OF CONTINENTAL SHELF AGREES

ON RECOMMENDATIONS TO RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Recommendations Follow Russian Submission

On Proposed Outer Limits of Its Continental Shelf

Economic and Social Council

2002 Substantive Session

8^th & 9^th Meetings (AM & PM)

MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS NOT TO BE REOPENED OR REDEFINED, ECONOMIC

AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TOLD, AS HIGH-LEVEL DEBATE CONTINUES

Lack of Resources at Country Level

Key Barrier to Achieving Development Goals

                                                            PAL/1921

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES WINNERS OF ANNUAL UN POPULATION AWARD

FOR ‘OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BETTERMENT OF OUR WORLD’

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered on his behalf by Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations, Gillian Sorensen, to the United Nations Population Awards Ceremony in New York on 1 July:

UNEP WELCOMES EUROPEAN UNION RATIFICATION OF BIOSAFETY PROTOCOL

NAIROBI, 28 June (UNEP) - An international agreement called the Cartagena Protocol, designed to help countries assess the risks and benefits of genetically modified organisms, has been given a boost after a decision by the European Union to ratify it.

Economic and Social Council

2002 Substantive Session

7^th Meeting (PM)

HUNGER, HEALTH, EDUCATION CLOSELY LINKED AND MUST BE ADDRESSED TOGETHER,

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TOLD, AS HIGH-LEVEL SESSION CONTINUES

Round Tables Held on Africa's Human Resources Development, Partnerships,

Strengthening Institutions for Sustainable Development, Policy Coherence

‘THERE MUST BE NO RELENTING’ IN FIGHT AGAINST IMPUNITY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

AS INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ROME STATUTE COMES INTO FORCE

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the entry into force of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, 1 July: