CONDEMNING COLOMBIA INAUGURATION KILLINGS, SECRETARY-GENERAL

APPEALS TO ALL ARMED ELEMENTS TO RESPECT CIVILIANS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES SECURITY COUNCIL FOLLOWING SIGNING

OF PEACE AGREEMENT BY DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, RWANDA

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council on 8 August concerning the signing of the Pretoria Agreement between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda:

I shall be brief this morning.

LEGAL AND TECHNICAL COMMISSION TAKES UP SEABED SULPHIDES AND CRUSTS

(Reissued as received.)

Security Council

4596^th Meeting* (AM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS PRETORIA AGREEMENT AS POLITICAL MILESTONE

FOR PEACE IN CONGOLESE CONFLICT

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

571^st and 572^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

ARMENIAN DELEGATION CITES EARTHQUAKE, BLOCKADE AMONG OBSTACLES

TO CONVENTION’S IMPLEMENTATION

CONCERNED BY UPSURGE OF VIOLENCE IN NIGER, SECRETARY-GENERAL

CALLS FOR UNCONDITIONAL RESPECT FOR CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER

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

The Secretary-General is very concerned by the upsurge of violence in the Niger, resulting from a spate of mutinies by segments of the armed forces in different parts of the country in recent days.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS CATHERINE BERTINI AS PERSONAL HUMANITARIAN ENVOY

Following is the statement issued by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today on his appointment of Catherine Bertini as his Personal Humanitarian Envoy:

SEABED AUTHORITY HEARS LATEST SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS

ON NEW DEEP-SEA MINERALS

(Reissued as received.)

SEABED COUNCIL ELECTS PRESIDENT FOR 2002

(Reissued as received.)

KINGSTON, 7 August (International Seabed Authority) -- The Council of the International Seabed Authority, at a brief meeting this morning in Kingston, elected by acclamation Fernando Pardo Huerta, Permanent Representative of Chile to the Authority, as Council President for this year.

Committee on Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

265^th Meeting (AM)

PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE APPROVES WORK PROGRAMME

FOR INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY CONFERENCE