Press Release

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ‘ACT OZONE FRIENDLY -- STAY SUN SAFE’

IS THEME FOR DAY TO PRESERVE OZONE LAYER

Following is the text of the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, 16 September 2005:

INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY CONCLUDES ELEVENTH SESSION;

DEFERS ACTION ON MAIN AGENDA ITEM – NEW MINING CODE

Next Session Will Be 7-18 August 2006 in Kingston

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES UN COMMITMENT TO STRENGTHENING

COOPERATION WITH CENTRAL AFRICAN STATES

(Delayed for translation of text, originally delivered in French.)

Round-Up of Session

SEABED AUTHORITY TO CONSIDER REVISED TEXT OF DRAFT REGULATIONS

ON POLYMETALLIC SULPHIDES, COBALT-RICH CRUSTS NEXT YEAR

(Reissued as received.)

PRESS STATEMENT ON IRAQ-KUWAIT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

The following press statement on Iraq-Kuwait was delivered today by Security Council President Kenzo Oshima (Japan):

UNITED NATIONS 2005 REPORT ON WORLD SOCIAL SITUATION FINDS

MUCH OF WORLD TRAPPED IN ‘INEQUALITY PREDICAMENT’

World More Unequal than 10 Years Ago

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON WORK OF COMMISSION INVESTIGATING KILLING

OF FORMER LEBANESE PRIME MINISTER

The following press statement on the work of the International Independent Investigation Commission delivered today by Security Council President Kenzo Oshima ( Japan):

UNITED NATIONS TO HOST WEST AFRICAN FORUM ON CHOLERA IN DAKAR , SENEGAL

UN STANDING ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON SECURITY QUESTIONS IN CENTRAL AFRICA

TO MEET IN BRAZZAVILLE , 29 AUGUST – 2 SEPTEMBER

UNCTAD REPORT:  PALESTINIAN PREPARATIONS FOR STATEHOOD

SHOULD FOCUS ON PRO-POOR ECONOMIC REFORM

(Reissued as received.)