Press Release

SEAS IN ASIA, NORTH-WEST PACIFIC AND WEST AFRICA

AT HIGHEST RISK FROM LAND-BASED POLLUTION

UNEP Calls on Governments to Back

Wastewater Emission Targets as Key Step to Cleaning Up Seas

AMSTERDAM/NAIROBI (UNEP), 3 October -- The coastal habitats, fisheries, marine wildlife and the people of the Asian, North-West Pacific and West African sea regions are the most threatened in the world from untreated sewage discharged into coastal waters.

GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION APPROVES AWARDS

OF APPROXIMATELY $1 BILLION FOR COMPENSATION

(Reissued as received.)

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

8^th and 9^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

21^st Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS EIGHTEEN COUNTRIES TO FILL VACANCIES

ON ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

SPEAKERS IN FIFTH COMMITTEE URGE GREATER COORDINATION BETWEEN JOINT INSPECTION

UNIT, PARTICIPATING ORGANS IN FOLLOW-UP TO IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

7^th Meeting (PM)

DIRECTOR OF UN DIVISION FOR SOCIAL POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT URGES

THIRD COMMITTEE TO PROMOTE GREATER SOCIAL JUSTICE, EQUITY

Committee Begins Debate on Social Development Issues;

Will Hear Three Human Rights Special Rapporteurs on 6 November

MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO NATURAL HAZARDS, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL ON INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION

Following is the Secretary-General's message for the International Day for Disaster Reduction -- "Disaster reduction for sustainable mountain development",

9 October 2002:

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Sixth Committee

9^th Meeting (AM)

ASSEMBLY'S LEGAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM SHOULD GO

TO ROOT CAUSES, NOT CONTRAVENE HUMAN RIGHTS, DEMOCRATIC VALUES

Debate Continues on Measures to Meet International Concerns

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fourth Committee

4^th Meeting (PM)

WESTERN SAHARA SETTLEMENT PLAN MUST BE IMPLEMENTED WITHOUT DELAY,

SAY SPEAKERS IN FOURTH COMMITTEE

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

7^th Meeting (PM)

GENUINE EXPORT GROWTH ONLY WAY OUT OF FOREIGN DEBT,

ARGENTINA’S DELEGATE SAYS