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,

SECRETARY-GENERAL CLARIFIES ROLE OF UNITED NATIONS MILITARY OBSERVER GROUP

IN INDIA AND PAKISTAN

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

GROWING THREATS TO FOOD SECURITY, HUMAN HEALTH IN SOUTH ASIA CHALLENGES

WORLD LEADERS AT WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Regional and Global Impacts of Vast

Pollution Cloud Detailed in New Scientific Study

UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION SENDS ASSESSMENT MISSION

TO PACIFIC NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORY OF TOKELAU

COUNCIL TAKES UP SEABED AUTHORITY’S BUDGET AND ASSESSMENTS

(Reissued as received.)

      KINGSTON, 12 August (International Seabed Authority) --The Council of the International Seabed Authority, meeting this afternoon in Kingston, began discussing the budget and scale of assessments of the Authority for 2003-04.

SECRETARY-GENERAL SALUTES DR. PEDRO SANCHEZ ON RECEIVING 2002 WORLD FOOD PRIZE

Following is the message issued by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the awarding of the 2002 World Food Prize to Dr. Pedro Sanchez: