SG/SM/8337*

SEABED COUNCIL DISCUSSES LEGAL AND TECHNICAL COMMISSION REPORT,

SULPHIDES AND CRUSTS

(Reissued as received.)

Security Council

4601^st Meeting (AM)

IN CHAPTER VII DECISION, SECURITY COUNCILESTABLISHES

POOL OF AD LITEM JUDGES FOR RWANDA TRIBUNAL

Requests Secretary-General To Arrange for Election of 18 Judges

Security Council                                            SC/7481/Rev.1**

                                                                  Note No. 5745

UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VOICES CONCERNS

FOLLOWING VERDICT IN INDONESIA TRIBUNAL

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights issued the following statement today:

GLOBAL NATURAL RESOURCES, CLIMATE HAVE PAID COST FOR NORTH AMERICAN

ENVIRONMENTAL SUCCESS -- UNEP REPORT

OTTAWA, 14 August 2002 (UNEP) -- A new report released today indicates that the success of the United States and Canada in improving local environments where its people can live with clean water and air and enjoy green spaces has come at the expense of global natural resources and climate.

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

579^th Meeting (AM)

EQUALITY IN BARBADOS:  COMMITTEE POINTS OUT GAP BETWEEN ASPIRATIONS, ACHIEVEMENTS

Mechanisms Must Survive Time and Transition, Say Experts

COUNCIL ENDORSES $10.5 MILLION BUDGET FOR SEABED AUTHORITY,

WITH COMPROMISE ON ASSESSMENTS AND TRAVEL COSTS

(Reissued as received.)

SEABED COUNCIL SEEKS AGREEMENT ON SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS

(Reissued as received.)

KINGSTON, 13 August (International Seabed Authority) -- The Council of the International Seabed Authority agreed in Kingston this morning to appoint an informal group to look for agreement between differing positions on the scale of assessed contributions to the Authority for 2003-04.

The Council was continuing its deliberations, begun yesterday afternoon