Commission on the Status of Women

Fifty-second Session

13^th & 14^th Meetings (AM & PM)

WOMEN’S COMMISSION HEARS INTRODUCTION OF TEXTS ON WOMEN AND CHILD HOSTAGES,

HIV/AIDS, FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION, PALESTINIAN WOMEN

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD WATER DAY, CALLS LACK OF POLITICAL WILL

BIGGEST CULPRIT IN FAILURE TO ACHIEVE BASIC SANITATION GOAL

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on World Water Day, to be observed on 22 March:

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE INTRODUCES AMENDMENTS TO ENTRY OF 1 INDIVIDUAL, TECHNICAL

CORRECTIONS TO ENTRIES OF 161 INDIVIDUALS, 4 ENTITIES ON CONSOLIDATED LIST

UNITED NATIONS ANNOUNCES NEW ‘ON-CALL’ MEDIATION TEAM

 

TO ADVISE PEACE ENVOYS IN FIELD

 

Note to Correspondents

UNIS-UN CONFERENCE ON ‘THE PURSUIT OF ENERGY: A CATALYST FOR CONFLICT’

AT HEADQUARTERS 6-7 MARCH

 

Sixty-second General Assembly

Fifth Committee

29^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP FINANCING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL,

PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION FIELD MISSIONS

 

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Geneva in the morning of Monday, 3 March, where he delivered a statement at the opening of the seventh session of the Human Rights Council.  

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew to College Station, Texas, in the afternoon of Friday, 29 February.

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED AT TRAGIC DEATHS OF SEVEN MEMBERS OF UNITED NATIONS

MISSION IN NEPAL, THREE CREW MEMBERS, IN MONDAY’S HELICOPTER CRASH

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

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS MAXWELL GAYLARD OF AUSTRALIA DEPUTY SPECIAL

COORDINATOR FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS