SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES LIBERIA PEACE AGREEMENT

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

Security Council

4809^th Meeting (PM)

SPEAKERS IN SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMN RECENT VIOLENCE IN KOSOVO,

INSIST EXTREMISTS MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO UNDERMINE FUTURE

Serbia’s Deputy Prime Minister Warns Last Week’s Crimes Not Unique;

Determined Minority Seeks to Drive Serbs Out, Complete ‘Ethnic Cleansing’

UN AGENCY MEETING IN NORWAY AGREES ON FRAMEWORK FOR

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF AQUACULTURE

(Reissued as received.)

      Rome, 18 August (FAO) -- Countries from around the world have resolved to cooperate more closely in order to develop a better framework for the sustainable development of the world's aquaculture sector, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today.

Round-up

SUB-COMMISSION ON PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

CONCLUDES FIFTY-FIFTH SESSION

Adopts 43 Texts, Including on Responsibilities of Transnational

Corporations; Effects of Counter-Terrorism Measures; Right to Development

(Reissued as received.)

BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION MEMBERS BEGIN NEW PROCESS

Experts to Meet in Geneva to Discuss Ways

Of Strengthening National Measures against Biological Weapons

(Reissued as received.)

PRESS STATEMENT ON KOSOVO BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the press statement on Kosovo delivered today by Security Council President Mikhail Wehbe (Syria):

Members of the Council were briefed on the violent attack in Kosovo yesterday in which two Kosovo Serb teenagers were killed and four others injured, one critically.  A Kosovo Albanian woman was also injured following the incident.

PRESS STATEMENT ON BURUNDI BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the press statement on the situation in Burundi delivered by Security Council President Mikhail Wehbe (Syria):

Security Council

4808^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHES UN ASSISTANCE MISSION IN IRAQ,

WELCOMES CREATION OF GOVERNING COUNCIL AS ‘IMPORTANT STEP’

Resolution 1500 (2003) Adopted by 14-0-1 (Syria)

UN CONFERENCE ON ARMS CONTROL, DISARMAMENT AND THEIR FUTURE

TO CONVENE IN OSAKA, JAPAN, 19 - 22 AUGUST

UN AGENCIES SAY AFGHANISTAN REAPS LARGEST EVER HARVEST,

BUT HUNGER REMAINS DESPITE HUGE CROP

(Reissued as received.)

ROME/KABUL, 14 August (FAO/WFP) -- Afghanistan's cereal crop will be the largest harvest on record but many households will continue to require humanitarian assistance, according to a joint report released today by two United Nations food agencies.