SEABED AUTHORITY WORKSHOP MAPS PROJECT TO MODEL POLYMETALLIC

NODULE DEPOSITS IN NORTH PACIFIC

(Received from a UN Information Officer)

      NADI, FIJI, 20 May -- A blueprint for clearer scientific assessment of polymetallic nodule deposits on the deep seabed of the Equatorial North Pacific Ocean has been prepared by a workshop of the International Seabed Authority (ISA), held at Nadi, Fiji, from 13 to 20 May.

LASTING PEACE AND SECURITY IN CENTRAL AFRICA STILL SLOW

IN ARRIVING, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES CARIBBEAN REGIONAL SEMINAR TO ADVANCE

DECOLONIZATION PROCESS IN 16 REMAINING TERRITORIES

Calls Decolonization Cardinal Goal,

True UN Success Story, as Three-Day Seminar Opens

(Received from a UN Information Officer)

European Ministers to Adopt Targets for Reversing Destruction

Of Nature and Landscape by 2010

Kyiv Conference -- 21-23 May, International Day for Biological Diversity -- 22 May

GENEVA/NAIROBI, 19 May (UNEP) -- Ministers and senior officials from

55 countries will meet in Kyiv from 21 to 23 May for the fifth Pan-European Ministerial Conference “Environment for Europe”, the region's highest-level environmental forum.

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CONDEMNS KILLING

OF MONUC MILITARY OBSERVERS

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 19 May (UN Information Service) -- Following is a statement issued today by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Sergio Vieira
de Mello:

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee (Resumed)

52^nd Meeting (AM)

UN MISSION IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO REQUIRES FLEXIBLE BUDGET,

CONTROLLER TELLS FIFTH COMMITTEE

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Second Session

11^th & 12^th Meetings (AM & PM)                        

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘PROFOUNDLY SADDENED’ AT DEATHS OF MILITARY OBSERVERS;

CALLS ON ALL CONGOLESE PARTIES TO RENOUNCE VIOLENCE

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

Security Council

4760^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS TERM OF OFFICE FOR FOUR JUDGES

OF INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA

Adopted Unanimously, Resolution 1482 (2003)

Allows for Disposition of Cases in Progress

The Security Council this afternoon extended the term of office of four permanent judges at the International Tribunal for Rwanda, in order to allow them to dispose of a number of ongoing cases.

UNEP URGES ASIA-PACIFIC TOWARDS CLEANER, GREENER DEVELOPMENT PATH

Indonesia Meeting to Examine

Promotion of Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns

JAKARTA/BANGKOK/PARIS, 19 May (UNEP) -- According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), there are now more “middle to high income” consumers -- those earning more than $7,000 per annum -- in Asia and the Pacific than in Western Europe and North America combined.