PROGRESS MADE IN MAINSTREAMING GENDER EQUALITY INTO POLAND’S NATIONAL

LEGISLATION, WOMEN’S ANTI-DESCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

 

But Committee Experts Express Concern over Focus on Labour,

Employment; Say Government Action Should Address All Aspects of Convention

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Chamber A, 757^th & 758^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Secretary-General, in message to mark el salvador peace accords,

calls them point of reference for United Nations

 

Following is the text of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message on the fifteenth anniversary of the El Salvador Peace Accords, today, 16 January:

Secretary-General stresses effective, responsive, accountable management

in message to summit on security of United Nations staff

 

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS DAVID LAZARUS DIRECTOR

 

OF United Nations INFORMATION CENTRE IN JAKARTA

 

Security Council

5621^st Meeting* (PM)

Security Council requests dispatch of advance team to chad, Central African Republic

to explore possible United Nations mission in border areas

 

Note to Correspondents

UNITED NATIONS OPERATION IN BURUNDI PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION OPENS AT HEADQUARTERS

A photographic exhibition entitled “Burundi:  From Conflict to Peacebuilding” will open in the South Gallery of the General Assembly Visitors’ Lobby on Thursday, 18 January, at 5 p.m.

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

756^th Meeting (AM)

United Nations committee monitoring compliance with women’s

anti-discrimination treaty opens current session

 

To Consider Austria, Azerbaijan, Colombia, Greece, India, Kazakhstan,

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF ESCAP APPOINTS HAK-FAN LAU AS CHIEF

OF UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICES IN BANGKOK

 

Security Council

2006 Round-up

SECURITY COUNCIL CONFRONTS AMBITIOUS AGENDA IN 2006, BROKERING CEASEFIRES,

EASING DIFFICULT TRANSITIONS, BLUNTING RELAPSES INTO CONFLICT

Major Concerns Addressed Include War in Lebanon, Arab-Israeli