SEABED COUNCIL ENDS SESSION DEVOTED MAINLY TO POLYMETALLIC SULPHIDES AND CRUSTS

(Reissued as received.)

KINGSTON, 15 August (International Seabed Authority) -- The Council of the International Seabed Authority wrapped up its work for the year in Kingston this morning by completing a preliminary exchange of views on possible approaches to the drafting of regulations for polymetallic massive sulphides and cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts.

ASSEMBLY ADOPTS SEABED AUTHORITY BUDGET FOR 2002-03;

ELECTS MEMBERS TO COUNCIL, ADOPTS EMBLEM AND FLAG

Completes Discussion of Secretary-General’s Report

(Reissued as received.)

Security Council

4604^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZES ESTABLISHMENT OF UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN ANGOLA

Resolution Creates Follow-on Mission to Current United Nations Presence

Security Council

4603^rd Meeting (PM)

COUNCIL EXTENDS SUSPENSION OF TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON UNITA OFFICIALS FOR 90 DAYS

Resolution Aims To Encourage Peace and Reconciliation in Angola

Security Council

4602^nd Meeting (PM)

COUNCIL EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR PRETORIA AGREEMENT

Note to Correspondents

                                                            Note No. 5746

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

110^th Meeting (AM)

BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECISION, AFRICAN UNION ASSUMES

OBSERVER RIGHTS OF PREVIOUS CONTINENTAL BODY

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

ON BUNIA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

The following statement was issued today by the president of the Security Council on the situation in Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC):

Members of the Council condemn the fighting and massacres in Bunia and call for an immediate end to this violence and that those responsible be brought to justice.

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

580^th and 581^st Meetings (AM & PM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL ENDORSES HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER’S

CONCERNS OVER INDONESIA TRIBUNAL

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

The High Commissioner for Human Rights today issued a statement on the proceedings at the Ad Hoc Human Rights Tribunal in Jakarta, which the Secretary-General fully endorses.