Press Release

ON EVE OF WORLD SUMMIT, NEW REPORT WARNS THAT DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS

COMPROMISE EARTH’S LONG-TERM SECURITY

Commit to Sustainable Future at Johannesburg, United Nations Urges World Leaders

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

577^th and 578^th Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMITTEE EXPERTS VOICE CONCERN OVER GUATEMALA’S MULTIPLE WOMEN’S AGENCIES

Poverty, Ignorance of Law Cited as Obstacles to Equality

GROWING THREATS TO FOOD SECURITY, HUMAN HEALTH IN SOUTH ASIA CHALLENGES

WORLD LEADERS AT WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Regional and Global Impacts of Vast

Pollution Cloud Detailed in New Scientific Study

SECRETARY-GENERAL SALUTES DR. PEDRO SANCHEZ ON RECEIVING 2002 WORLD FOOD PRIZE

Following is the message issued by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the awarding of the 2002 World Food Prize to Dr. Pedro Sanchez:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CLARIFIES ROLE OF UNITED NATIONS MILITARY OBSERVER GROUP

IN INDIA AND PAKISTAN

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

COUNCIL TAKES UP SEABED AUTHORITY’S BUDGET AND ASSESSMENTS

(Reissued as received.)

      KINGSTON, 12 August (International Seabed Authority) --The Council of the International Seabed Authority, meeting this afternoon in Kingston, began discussing the budget and scale of assessments of the Authority for 2003-04.

COUNCIL TAKES UP SEABED SULPHIDES AND CRUSTS

(Reissued as received.)

KINGSTON, 12 August (International Seabed Authority) -- The Council of the International Seabed Authority, meeting in Kingston, began this morning a discussion on the regulation of prospecting and exploration for hydrothermal polymetallic sulphides and cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts in the deep ocean.

UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION SENDS ASSESSMENT MISSION

TO PACIFIC NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORY OF TOKELAU

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL TO VISIT CENTRAL ASIA

FOR TALKS ON NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONE

NEW YORK, 12 August (Department for Disarmament Affairs) -- Jayantha Dhanapala, Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, will visit Central Asia from 14 to 26 August.  Mr. Dhanapala will visit Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan and will meet with the political leadership of these countries and senior officials.

Committee on the Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

575^th & 576^th Meetings (AM & PM)

LANDMARK CONSTITUTION CREATES ENABLING ENVIRONMENT FOR WOMEN,

UGANDAN MINISTER TELLS COMMITTEE

Experts Urge Repeal of Remaining Legal Discrimination