Introduction CONTENTS Political and Security Affairs Economic and Social Affairs.. Development and Humanitarian Relief Activities Administration and Budget Specialized Agencies 1. Political and Security Affairs Regional Issues Middle East Situation in the Middle East UN Interim Force in Lebanon UN Disengagement Observer Force UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Admission of New Members 2. Reform of the United Nations Reform of the United Nations Secretary General's Reform Initiatives Reforms in International Organizations: UN Headquarters Peacekeeping Reform Security Council Reform 3. Economic and Social Affairs Economic and Social Affairs Economic and Social Council General Assembly.... UN Conference on Trade and Development Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) Commission for Social Development 48 49 49 50 51 52 53 .53 54 54 55 56 Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) 81 82 82 83 UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) 84 6. Legal Developments International Court of Justice (ICJ) Iran v. United States of America Libyan Arab Jamahiriya v. United States of America .85 .85 .86 Difference Relating to Immunity from Legal Process of a Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights International Law Commission (ILC) UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Draft convention on commercial finance Electronic commerce Future work Technical assistance and law unification International Criminal Court (ICC) UN Decade of International Law Host Country Relations International Terrorism Strengthening the Role of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the former 87 87 88 88 89 89 90 90 90 91 91 92 93 .94 94 ..95 .97 Yugoslavia Law of the Sea 7. Administration and Budget Current Financial Situation of the United Nations .99 8. Specialized Agencies and Other Bodies Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 126 International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) .......... 128 129 130 134 135 135 136 138 |