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Press Release

6 August 2002

WOM/1352

MEXICAN WOMEN STILL FACE DISCRIMINATION, DESPITE SIGNIFICANT STEPS, COMMITTEE TOLD

06/08/2002

Press Release
WOM/1352

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

569^th and 570^th Meetings (AM & PM)

MEXICAN WOMEN STILL FACE DISCRIMINATION, DESPITE SIGNIFICANT STEPS, COMMITTEE TOLD

Exceptional Session Concludes Consideration of First Country Report

6 August 2002

SG/SM/8327

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SPECIAL ENVOY LEAVES MYANMAR AFTER FIVE-DAY MISSION

06/08/2002

Press Release
SG/SM/8327

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SPECIAL ENVOY LEAVES MYANMAR AFTER FIVE-DAY MISSION

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

6 August 2002

SC/7478

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON AUGUST WORK PROGRAMME

06/08/2002

Press Release
SC/7478

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON AUGUST WORK PROGRAMME

Following is the press statement on the Security Council's programme of work for August delivered today by Security Council President John D. Negroponte (United States):

5 August 2002

WOM/1351

STUDY ON WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY TO BE PRESENTED TO SECURITY COUNCIL IN OCTOBER, SPECIAL ADVISER ON GENDER ISSUES TELLS COMMITTEE

05/08/2002

Press Release
WOM/1351

Committee on Elimination of WOM/1351/Rev.1*

Discrimination against Women 5 August 2002

5 August 2002

UNEP/117

‘SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SECURITY IMPERATIVE’ SAYS TOP UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL

05/08/2002

Press Release
UNEP/117

‘SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SECURITY IMPERATIVE’

SAYS TOP UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL

NAIROBI, 5 August (UNEP) -- Delivering environmentally-friendly development is vital for delivering a more stable world, a key member of the United States administration argues in the upcoming edition of the United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) Our Planet magazine.

5 August 2002

SG/SM/8326-AFR/447

SECRETARY-GENERAL SENDS SPECIAL ENVOY TO GAMBIA, GUINEA-BISSAU BACK TO REGION

05/08/2002

Press Release
SG/SM/8326
AFR/447

SECRETARY-GENERAL SENDS SPECIAL ENVOY TO GAMBIA, GUINEA-BISSAU BACK TO REGION

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

5 August 2002

SG/SM/8325

SECERTARY-GENERAL'S STATEMENT ON ATTACKS IN ISRAEL

05/08/2002

Press Release
SG/SM/8325

SECERTARY-GENERAL'S STATEMENT ON ATTACKS IN ISRAEL

Following is a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan following the weekend attacks in Israel:

5 August 2002

SEA/1750

INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY ELECTS ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT AND ADOPTS AGENDA FOR EIGHTH SESSION

05/08/2002

Press Release
SEA/1750

INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY ELECTS ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT

AND ADOPTS AGENDA FOR EIGHTH SESSION

(Reissued as received.)

KINGSTON, 5 August (International Seabed Authority) -- The Assembly of the International Seabed Authority opened the Authority’s eighth session in Kingston this morning with the election of its President by consensus and the adoption of a 13-item agenda for this year’s session, which takes place from 5 to 16 August.