Press Release

Secretary-General Kofi Annan, accompanied by his wife Nane, travelled to Philadelphia by train in the afternoon of Tuesday, 3 July.

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS RECENT OFFENSIVES IN SUDAN CAUSE ‘MASSIVE DISRUPTION’

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES SAFE PASSAGE FOR HEALTH WORKERS

IN POLIO IMMUNIZATION DRIVE

The following statement was issued this morning by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

On 5 July 2001, an extraordinary effort was launched to immunize over

LEGAL AND TECHNICAL COMMISSION APPROVES ENVIRONMENTAL

ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES, SEABED COUNCIL TOLD

(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)

SEABED COUNCIL HEARS INITIAL VIEWS OF COUNTRIES

ON POLYMETALLIC SULPHIDES, COBALT CRUSTS

(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)

KINGSTON, 5 July -- Participants in the Council of the International Seabed Authority voiced their preliminary comments this afternoon as the Council began discussing the regulation of exploration for polymetallic sulphides and cobalt-rich crusts.

SEABED COUNCIL ELECTS 24-MEMBER LEGAL, TECHNICAL COMMISSION

(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)

SEABED ASSEMBLY ELECTS VICE-PRESIDENTS,

APPOINTS CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE

(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)

KINGSTON, 5 July -- The Assembly of the International Seabed Authority, meeting here this morning, completed its roster of officers by electing Argentina, Australia, Nigeria and Slovakia as its four vice-presidents.  The elections were by acclamation.

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Following is the text of today’s press statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the President of the Security Council, Wang Yingfan (China):

Members of the Security Council are concerned at recent information from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The Government still maintains positions beyond the disengagement line.

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Following is the text of today's press statement on the Central African Republic by the President of the Security Council, Wang Yingfan (China):

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