Observance of International

Women’s Day

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ‘AN ATTACK ON ALL OF US’, DECLARES SECRETARY-GENERAL

AS UNITED NATIONS HOLDS EVENT TO COMMEMORATE INTERNATIONAL DAY

Panel Discussion among Highlight Activities; Worldwide Observance on Sunday

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUNCHES DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, HAILING IT

AS FIRST GLOBAL ‘ONE-STOP SHOP’ FOR INFORMATION ON MEASURES BY MEMBER STATES

Special Rapporteur Says Human Rights Council Underutilized by Women’s Rights

Defenders; Speakers Call for New ‘Socio-Cultural Consensus’ Between Women, Men

AS ICC ARREST WARRANT ISSUED FOR SUDAN’S PRESIDENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS UNITED

NATIONS VITAL PEACEKEEPING, HUMANITARIAN WORK IN COUNTRY WILL CONTINUE

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Note to Correspondents

HEADQUARTERS TO HOST THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL UNIS-UN CONFERENCE ON 5-6 MARCH

UNDER THEME ‘THE FOOD CRISIS: A GLOBAL CHALLENGE’

 

Sixty-third General Assembly

Fifth Committee

30^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE TAKES UP SIXTH PROGRESS REPORT ON CAPITAL MASTER PLAN;

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SAYS PROJECT ‘ON SCHEDULE AND ON TRACK’

 

‘POWER OF THE LAW’ MUST BE USED TO STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ONCE AND FOR ALL,

SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL AT HEADQUARTERS EVENT

 

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, STRESSES NEED

TO SUPPORT EFFORTS BY MEMBER STATES IN STRENGTHENING RULE OF LAW

Following is the text of UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks at the American Bar Association’s Day at the United Nations in New York today, 3 March:

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN REMARKS TO WOMEN’S AFFAIRS MINISTERS, SPELLS OUT

STEPS TAKEN TOWARDS STRENGTHENING UNITED NATIONS GENDER ARCHITECTURE

Commission on the Status of Women

Fifty-third Session

3^rd & 4^th Meetings (AM & PM)