SEABED COUNCIL ELECTS PRESIDENT FOR 2002

(Reissued as received.)

KINGSTON, 7 August (International Seabed Authority) -- The Council of the International Seabed Authority, at a brief meeting this morning in Kingston, elected by acclamation Fernando Pardo Huerta, Permanent Representative of Chile to the Authority, as Council President for this year.

Committee on Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

265^th Meeting (AM)

PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE APPROVES WORK PROGRAMME

FOR INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY CONFERENCE

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

569^th and 570^th Meetings (AM & PM)

MEXICAN WOMEN STILL FACE DISCRIMINATION, DESPITE SIGNIFICANT STEPS, COMMITTEE TOLD

Exceptional Session Concludes Consideration of First Country Report

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SPECIAL ENVOY LEAVES MYANMAR AFTER FIVE-DAY MISSION

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

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON AUGUST WORK PROGRAMME

Following is the press statement on the Security Council's programme of work for August delivered today by Security Council President John D. Negroponte (United States):

Committee on Elimination of                                 WOM/1351/Rev.1*

 Discrimination against Women                               5 August 2002

‘SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SECURITY IMPERATIVE’

SAYS TOP UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL

NAIROBI, 5 August (UNEP) -- Delivering environmentally-friendly development is vital for delivering a more stable world, a key member of the United States administration argues in the upcoming edition of the United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) Our Planet magazine.

SECRETARY-GENERAL SENDS SPECIAL ENVOY TO GAMBIA, GUINEA-BISSAU BACK TO REGION

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

SECERTARY-GENERAL'S STATEMENT ON ATTACKS IN ISRAEL

Following is a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan following the weekend attacks in Israel:

INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY ELECTS ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT

AND ADOPTS AGENDA FOR EIGHTH SESSION

(Reissued as received.)

KINGSTON, 5 August (International Seabed Authority) -- The Assembly of the International Seabed Authority opened the Authority’s eighth session in Kingston this morning with the election of its President by consensus and the adoption of a 13-item agenda for this year’s session, which takes place from 5 to 16 August.