Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

585^th Meeting (AM)

GREECE DESCRIBES WIDE RANGE OF LEGISLATION PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY

AS ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CONTINUES EXCEPTIONAL SESSION

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

584^th Meeting (AM)

PROTECT ARGENTINE WOMEN FROM EFFECTS OF CRISIS,

COMMITTEE URGES NATIONAL COUNCIL

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES SYMPATHY FOR FLOOD VICTIMS

AS UNITED NATIONS PROVIDES SUPPORT

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

STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN OF 1267 COMMITTEE ON DE-LISTING PROCEDURES

The following statement was issued on 15 August, by the Chairman of the 1267 Committee on De-Listing Procedures:

UN POPULATION FUND REJECTS FALSE ALLEGATIONS ABOUT ITS WORK IN AFGHANISTAN

Disinformation Endangers Women, United Nations

Staff and International Relief Workers, Says Agency

SIX MILLION AFGHANS REMAIN VULNERABLE TO FOOD INSECURITY DESPITE

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

582^nd and 583^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMITTEE COMMENDS PERU’S DELEGATION ON ACTIONS TAKEN TO ENSURE EQUALITY OF WOMEN

Some Experts Concerned About Non-Application of Electoral Quotas

SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS GROWING COOPERATION BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS,

PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM

The following is a message delivered today on behalf of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the thirty-third Pacific Islands Forum being held in Suva, Fiji, from 15 to 20 August:

Round-up

SEABED AUTHORITY BEGINS WORK ON SCHEME TO REGULATE

POLYMETALLIC SULPHIDES AND COBALT-RICH CRUSTS

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KINGSTON, 15 August (International Seabed Authority) -- The intricacies of writing rules to cover two recently discovered categories of deep-sea mineral deposits were highlighted at the eighth session of the International Seabed Authority, which met from 5 to 15 August in Kingston, Jamaica.

ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES EIGHTH SESSION OF SEABED AUTHORITY

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KINGSTON, 15 August (International Seabed Authority) -- The International Seabed Authority ended its eighth session this afternoon after its Assembly set 28 July to 8 August 2003 as the date for its next session at the Authority’s headquarters in Kingston.