Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

573^rd and 574^th Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMITTEE EXPERTS APPLAUD CZECH REPUBLIC'S POLITICAL WILL TO IMPLEMENT CONVENTION

ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN

Conditions Being Created for Equal Opportunities -- Deputy Minister

CONDEMNING COLOMBIA INAUGURATION KILLINGS, SECRETARY-GENERAL

APPEALS TO ALL ARMED ELEMENTS TO RESPECT CIVILIANS

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

Security Council

4596^th Meeting* (AM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS PRETORIA AGREEMENT AS POLITICAL MILESTONE

FOR PEACE IN CONGOLESE CONFLICT

LEGAL AND TECHNICAL COMMISSION TAKES UP SEABED SULPHIDES AND CRUSTS

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES PERSEVERANCE IN RESOLVING BORDER DISPUTE

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

The Secretary-General has been following with interest the Belize-Guatemala Facilitation Process designed to assist the Governments of Belize and Guatemala achieve a peaceful resolution of the longstanding territorial controversy between the two countries.

SEABED COUNCIL ELECTS PRESIDENT FOR 2002

(Reissued as received.)

KINGSTON, 7 August (International Seabed Authority) -- The Council of the International Seabed Authority, at a brief meeting this morning in Kingston, elected by acclamation Fernando Pardo Huerta, Permanent Representative of Chile to the Authority, as Council President for this year.

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

571^st and 572^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

ARMENIAN DELEGATION CITES EARTHQUAKE, BLOCKADE AMONG OBSTACLES

TO CONVENTION’S IMPLEMENTATION

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS CATHERINE BERTINI AS PERSONAL HUMANITARIAN ENVOY

Following is the statement issued by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today on his appointment of Catherine Bertini as his Personal Humanitarian Envoy:

SEABED AUTHORITY HEARS LATEST SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS

ON NEW DEEP-SEA MINERALS

(Reissued as received.)

Committee on Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

265^th Meeting (AM)

PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE APPROVES WORK PROGRAMME

FOR INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY CONFERENCE