SECRETARY-GENERAL ENDORSES HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER’S

CONCERNS OVER INDONESIA TRIBUNAL

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

The High Commissioner for Human Rights today issued a statement on the proceedings at the Ad Hoc Human Rights Tribunal in Jakarta, which the Secretary-General fully endorses. 

SEABED COUNCIL DISCUSSES LEGAL AND TECHNICAL COMMISSION REPORT,

SULPHIDES AND CRUSTS

(Reissued as received.)

UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VOICES CONCERNS

FOLLOWING VERDICT IN INDONESIA TRIBUNAL

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights issued the following statement today:

                                                                  SG/SM/8337*

POPULATION FUND GRATIFIED BY DEVELOPING WORLD’S SUPPORT

COUNCIL ENDORSES $10.5 MILLION BUDGET FOR SEABED AUTHORITY,

WITH COMPROMISE ON ASSESSMENTS AND TRAVEL COSTS

(Reissued as received.)

SEABED COUNCIL SEEKS AGREEMENT ON SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS

(Reissued as received.)

KINGSTON, 13 August (International Seabed Authority) -- The Council of the International Seabed Authority agreed in Kingston this morning to appoint an informal group to look for agreement between differing positions on the scale of assessed contributions to the Authority for 2003-04.

The Council was continuing its deliberations, begun yesterday afternoon

ON EVE OF WORLD SUMMIT, NEW REPORT WARNS THAT DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS

COMPROMISE EARTH’S LONG-TERM SECURITY

Commit to Sustainable Future at Johannesburg, United Nations Urges World Leaders

POPULATION FUND WELCOMES AFRICA’S SUPPORT, RECOMMITS TO SAVING LIVES

IN DEVELOPING WORLD UNITED NATIONS,

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

579^th Meeting (AM)

EQUALITY IN BARBADOS:  COMMITTEE POINTS OUT GAP BETWEEN ASPIRATIONS, ACHIEVEMENTS

Mechanisms Must Survive Time and Transition, Say Experts