Press Release

SEABED COUNCIL, AFTER EXTENSIVE DEBATE, TAKES NOTE

OF LEGAL AND TECHNICAL COMMISSION’S REPORT

(Reissued as received.)

PRESS STATEMENT ON ISRAELI DISENGAGEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the text of today’s press statement by the President of the Security Council, Kenzo Oshima ( Japan):

Security Council

5250^th Meeting (AM)

ISRAEL ’S DISENGAGEMENT FROM GAZA, NORTHERN WEST BANK ‘WATERSHED’,

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

Ibrahim Gambari, Briefing Council, Says Operation

UNEP RELEASES NEW FINDINGS SHOWING RAPID REVIVAL OF IRAQI MARSHLANDS,

BUT STRESSES NEED FOR LONG-TERM INVESTMENT

(Reissued as received.)

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary

116^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS 27 AD LITEM JUDGES TO TRIBUNAL FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA ;

APPOINTS 4 MEMBERS OF JOINT INSPECTION UNIT

FLOODS DEVASTATE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC , AS UN PROVIDES EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE

RAPID BIODIVERSITY LOSSES PUT LIVELIHOODS, HEALTH OF FUTURE GENERATIONS

IN JEOPARDY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO GALWAY CONFERENCE

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES PROGRESS ON IRAQ CONSTITUTION

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON GUINEA-BISSAU PARTIES TO ACCEPT SUPREME COURT

RULING CONFIRMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULT

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS BEIRUT TERRORIST BOMBING

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