Background Press Release

COMMISSION ON LIMITS OF THE CONTINENTAL SHELF TO HOLD EIGHTEENTH SESSION

FROM 21 AUGUST TO 15 SEPTEMBER 2006

 

SEABED COUNCIL AGREES ON SEPARATE REGULATIONS FOR SULPHIDES, CRUSTS

AS IT CONCLUDES WORK FOR SESSION

 

Note to Correspondents

Humanitarian FACTSHEET on LEBANON

 

The following has been prepared by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):

Population Returns

United Nations conference on nuclear proliferation, disarmament issues

to be held in Yokohama, Japan, 21-23 august

NEW YORK, 16 August (Department for Disarmament Affairs) -- The eighteenth United Nations conference on disarmament issues will be held in Yokohama, Japan, from 21 to 23 August 2006.

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Chamber B, 747^th & 748^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Women’s anti-discrimination committee encourages Georgia

 

To widen scope of efforts to promote gender equality

 

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Chamber A, 747^th & 748^th Meetings (AM & PM)

DISABILITY CONVENTION DRAFTING COMMITTEE DISCUSSES INTERNATIONAL MONITORING,

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, DEFINITION OF DISABILITY

 

Secretary-General saddened by flooding deaths, damage in ethiopia

 

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

SEABED COUNCIL EXPANDS MEMBERSHIP OF LEGAL, TECHNICAL COMMISSION; ELECTS NEW MEMBERS

It Also Considers Future Work on Draft Regulations