Press Release

RAPID BIODIVERSITY LOSSES PUT LIVELIHOODS, HEALTH OF FUTURE GENERATIONS

IN JEOPARDY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO GALWAY CONFERENCE

Background Release

COMMISSION ON THE LIMITS OF THE CONTINENTAL SHELF TO HOLD

SIXTEENTH SESSION FROM 29 AUGUST TO 16 SEPTEMBER 2005

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES PROGRESS ON IRAQ CONSTITUTION

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

SEABED COUNCIL APPROVES APPLICATION BY FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY

FOR INTERNATIONAL SEABED AREA EXPLORATION

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS BEIRUT TERRORIST BOMBING

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

SEABED COUNCIL APPROVES FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT; INCLUDES

APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITOR FOR AUTHORITY

(Reissued as received.)

Security Council

5249^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL STRESSES NEED FOR HIGH LEVEL OF COMMITMENT BY INTERNATIONAL

COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS REMAINING CHALLENGES IN AFGHANISTAN

Security, Illegal Armed Groups, Drug Trafficking, Sustainable Development,

On 19 August 2005, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan received the 2005 Award for Global Excellence at a ceremony in Accra, Ghana.

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON C ÔTE D’IVOIRE

Following is today’s press statement on Côte d’Ivoire by the President of the Security Council, Kenzo Oshima ( Japan):

Security Council