Secretary-General commends work of oas, cartercenter

on Venezuelan electoral process

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

UNITED NATIONS TO CONVENE BUSINESS LEADERS SUMMIT ON 24 JUNE

Secretary-General awards $700,000.00 from Trust Fund to Assist States

in Settlement of Disputes through International Court of Justice

SEABED AUTHORITY’S ASSEMBLY ELECTS SATYA NANDAN TO THIRD TERM AS SECRETARY-GENERAL

(Reissued as received.)

KINGSTON, 3 June (International Seabed Authority) -- The Assembly of the International Seabed Authority, meeting at Kingston, this afternoon elected the current Secretary-General of the Authority, Satya N. Nandan, to a third four-year term.

seabed ASSEMBLY ELECTS 20 MEMBERS TO COUNCIL, ADOPTS

BUDGET FOR ORGANIZATION’S 2005-2006 OPERATIONS

(Reissued as received.)

UN WORKSHOP TO CONSIDER NEW GLOBAL MECHANISM TO ASSESS

STATE OF WORLD’S OCEANS, 7 - 11 JUNE

NEW YORK, 4 June (DPI) –- More than 200 delegates from national governments and international organizations are expected to attend a week-long meeting at the United Nations to consider details of a global mechanism which will regularly assess the state of the world’s oceans.

Background Release                                         

Fifth Meeting of un Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans

and Law of Sea to take place at Headquarters, 7 - 11 June

SECURITY COUNCIL’S 1518 COMMITTEE UPDATES lists of INDIVIDUALS AND entities

whose FINANCIAL ASSETS SHOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO IRAQI DEVELOPMENT FUND

The Chairman of the Security Council Committee established by resolution 1518 (2003) wishes to inform as follows:

67 COUNTRIES, 34 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS GATHER

FOR LARGEST-EVER CONFERENCE ON PALESTINE REFUGEES

(Reissued as received.)

Round-up of Session                                        

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONCLUDES THIRTY-SIXTH SESSION