| Press Release Note No. 5744 |
Note to Correspondents
FIFTY-FIFTH ANNUAL DPI/NGO CONFERENCE TO BE HELD 9 TO 11 SEPTEMBER 2002
AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS
| Press Release GA/10037 |
General Assembly Plenary
Resumed Tenth Emergency Special Session
18th and 19th Meetings (AM & PM)
GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEMANDS IMMEDIATE END TO MILITARY INCURSIONS,
VIOLENCE AND TERROR IN MIDDLE EAST
| Press Release BIO/3438 |
Biographical Note
NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF IRAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)
M. Javad Zarif, the new Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan today.
| Press Release SEA/1748 |
Background Release
INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY TO CONTINUE WORK ON EXPLORING
FOR POLYMETALLIC SULPHIDES, COBALT-RICH CRUSTS
KINGSTON, 1 August (International Seabed Authority) -- Issues involved in exploration for the two newest categories of mineral discoveries in the deep ocean will be the main topic at the eighth session of the International Seabed Authority, meeting in Kingston, Jamaica, from 5 to 16 August.
| Press Release RD/973 |
Background Release
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION TO MEET
AT PALAIS DES NATIONS, 5 - 23 AUGUST
Committee to Consider Reports of Canada, Senegal, Armenia,
| Press Release WOM/1350 |
Background Release
WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE HOLDS EXCEPTIONAL SESSION
IN NEW YORK FROM 5 TO 23 AUGUST 2002
CEDAW to Review Reports of 11 States Parties
An exceptional session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 5 to 23 August 2002.
| Press Release SG2077 |
REPORT OF SECRETARY-GENERAL ON RECENT EVENTS IN JENIN, OTHER PALESTINIAN CITIES
| Press Release SG/SM/8324 DEV/2395 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES UN COMMITMENT TO ASPIRATIONS
OF LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Ministerial Meeting of the Least Developed Countries, to be delivered by Anwarul K. Chowdhury, High Representative of the Secretary-General for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States, in Cotonou, Benin, 5 August:
| Press Release SG/SM/8323 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS HUMAN TRAFFICKING ‘ONE OF THE GREATEST
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS’ OF TODAY
Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the International Summit on Human Trafficking, Child Abuse, Labour and Slavery, to be delivered by Antonio Maria Costa, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna and Executive Director of the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, Abuja, Nigeria, 2-4 August 2002:
| Press Release SG/SM/8322 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ISRAEL NOT TO TAKE ACTIONS
'INCONSISTENT WITH INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW'
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
