Press Release

SEABED COUNCIL APPROVES FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT; INCLUDES

APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITOR FOR AUTHORITY

(Reissued as received.)

SEABED COUNCIL APPROVES APPLICATION BY FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY

FOR INTERNATIONAL SEABED AREA EXPLORATION

(Reissued as received.)

Background Release

COMMISSION ON THE LIMITS OF THE CONTINENTAL SHELF TO HOLD

SIXTEENTH SESSION FROM 29 AUGUST TO 16 SEPTEMBER 2005

Security Council

5249^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL STRESSES NEED FOR HIGH LEVEL OF COMMITMENT BY INTERNATIONAL

COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS REMAINING CHALLENGES IN AFGHANISTAN

Security, Illegal Armed Groups, Drug Trafficking, Sustainable Development,

Note to Correspondents

UN INFORMATION DEPARTMENT, INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS ASSOCIATION

TO HONOUR PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN “SAVE THE NORTH SEA ”

STRENGTHENED FIRE-FIGHTING COOPERATION CALLED FOR, AS DESTRUCTIVE

SUMMER WILDFIRES CONTINUE IN PORTUGAL

On 19 August 2005, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan received the 2005 Award for Global Excellence at a ceremony in Accra, Ghana.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES PEOPLE OF BURUNDI ON ELECTION

OF FIRST POST-TRANSITIONAL PRESIDENT

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

ON SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF ATTACK IN BAGHDAD , SECRETARY-GENERAL OFFERS RENEWED

CONDOLENCES TO FAMILIES, LOVED ONES OF THOSE KILLED IN SERVICE TO UN

Following is the text of the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the second anniversary of the attack on the United Nations in Baghdad, 19 August:

SEABED ASSEMBLY BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF REPORT OF AUTHORITY’S SECRETARY-GENERAL

(Reissued as received.)