INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY ELECTS ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT

AND ADOPTS AGENDA FOR EIGHTH SESSION

(Reissued as received.)

KINGSTON, 5 August (International Seabed Authority) -- The Assembly of the International Seabed Authority opened the Authority’s eighth session in Kingston this morning with the election of its President by consensus and the adoption of a 13-item agenda for this year’s session, which takes place from 5 to 16 August.

General Assembly Plenary

Resumed Tenth Emergency Special Session

18^th and 19^th Meetings (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEMANDS IMMEDIATE END TO MILITARY INCURSIONS,

VIOLENCE AND TERROR IN MIDDLE EAST

SECRETARY-GENERAL SENDS SPECIAL ENVOY TO GAMBIA, GUINEA-BISSAU BACK TO REGION

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

Committee on Elimination of                                 WOM/1351/Rev.1*

 Discrimination against Women                               5 August 2002

SEABED AUTHORITY WORKSHOP SUGGESTS FOUR RESEARCH PROJECTS

ON MARINE ENVIRONMENT

(Reissued as received.)

SECERTARY-GENERAL'S STATEMENT ON ATTACKS IN ISRAEL

Following is a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan following the weekend attacks in Israel:

Background Release

INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY TO CONTINUE WORK ON EXPLORING

FOR POLYMETALLIC SULPHIDES, COBALT-RICH CRUSTS

KINGSTON, 1 August (International Seabed Authority) -- Issues involved in exploration for the two newest categories of mineral discoveries in the deep ocean will be the main topic at the eighth session of the International Seabed Authority, meeting in Kingston, Jamaica, from 5 to 16 August.

Background Release

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION TO MEET

AT PALAIS DES NATIONS, 5 - 23 AUGUST

Committee to Consider Reports of Canada, Senegal, Armenia,

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS HUMAN TRAFFICKING ‘ONE OF THE GREATEST

HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS’ OF TODAY

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the International Summit on Human Trafficking, Child Abuse, Labour and Slavery, to be delivered by Antonio Maria Costa, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna and Executive Director of the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, Abuja, Nigeria, 2-4 August 2002:

AHEAD OF WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, WILDLIFE ATLAS UNDERLINES

VITAL ROLE OF ECOSYSTEMS IN REDUCING POVERTY, DELIVERING PROSPERITY