Press Release

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS LUIZ CARLOS DA COSTA OF BRAZIL

AS DEPUTY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR LIBERIA

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ABOU MOUSSA OF CHAD AS PRINCIPAL

DEPUTY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CÔTE D’IVOIRE

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has today appointed Abou Moussa as his Principal Deputy Special Representative for Côte d’Ivoire.

SEABED COUNCIL BEGINS DETAILED EXAMINATION OF NEW CODE

FOR POLYMETALLIC SULPHIDES, COBALT-RICH CRUSTS

(Reissued as received.)

SEABED COUNCIL BEGINS SUBSTANTIVE DEBATE ON DRAFT RULES TO GOVERN

PROSPECTING OF NEWLY DISCOVERED RICH MINERALS

(Reissued as received.)

NGOS CREATE INTERACTIVE WEBSITE TO DISCUSS 2005 SUMMIT

OF WORLD LEADERS AT UNITED NATIONS IN SEPTEMBER

LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES IN AFRICA NEED URGENT GLOBAL ASSISTANCE,

AS FOOD INSECURITY DEEPENS

NEARLY ONE MILLION FACE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN SOMALIA

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY DEATHS OF 17 SPANISH MILITARY IN AFGHANISTAN

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN VIDEO MESSAGE, URGES YOUTH TO HOLD LEADERS

TO ANTI-POVERTY PLEDGES

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s video message for youth on the Millennium Development Goals, broadcast 15 August:

INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY COUNCIL DEFERS DETAILED DISCUSSION ON NEW REGULATIONS

Delegations to Examine Explanatory Notes from Legal and Technical Commission

(Reissued as received.)