Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Chamber A, 747^th & 748^th Meetings (AM & PM)

DISABILITY CONVENTION DRAFTING COMMITTEE DISCUSSES INTERNATIONAL MONITORING,

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, DEFINITION OF DISABILITY

 

Secretary-General saddened by flooding deaths, damage in ethiopia

 

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

SEABED COUNCIL EXPANDS MEMBERSHIP OF LEGAL, TECHNICAL COMMISSION; ELECTS NEW MEMBERS

It Also Considers Future Work on Draft Regulations

COUNCIL RECOMMENDS $11 million BUDGET FOR AUTHORITY’S 2007-2008 OPERATIONS

Supports New Endowment Fund For Marine Research

Security Council

5513^th Meeting (PM)

Security Council extends United Nations mission in Haiti until 15 February 2007,

unanimously adopting resolution 1702 (2006)

 

Security Council

5512^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS PROPOSALS FOR NEW, INTEGRATED UNITED NATIONS MISSION

IN TIMOR-LESTE CONSISTING OF MILITARY, POLICE, CIVILIAN COMPONENTS

Secretary-General Recommends Mission to Support

Humanitarian Factsheet on Lebanon

 

The following has been prepared by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):

Humanitarian Concerns

Ad Hoc Committee on Convention

on Persons with Disabilities

1^st Meeting (AM)

Opening Eighth Session, Committee Negotiating convention on rights of disabled

persons expected to adopt completed text in two weeks

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO AIDS CONFERENCE, STRESSES IMPORTANCE

 

OF REDRESSING PAST FAILURES IN FIGHT AGAINST PANDEMIC