WOMEN MUST TAKE RIGHTFUL PLACE IN WORLD’S DECISION-MAKING,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on International Women’s Day, observed 8 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS WITH PRESIDENT OF CYPRUS

The following statement was issued following the meeting in Paris today between UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the President of Cyprus, Tassos Papadopoulos:

POLITICAL COURAGE NEEDED IN FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL

TELLS PARIS MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE

Following is the text of remarks by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan today, at the Ministerial Conference on Innovative Sources of Financing for Development in Paris:

SUMMIT COMMUNIQUE CONGRATULATES PRESIDENTS OF GABON , EQUATORIAL GUINEA

FOR PROGRESS TOWARDS PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF BORDER DISPUTE

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN MARCH

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for March:

Security Council

5382^nd Meeting (AM)

Security Council amends statute of former Yugoslavia tribunal,

 

Unanimously adopting resolution 1660 (2006)

 

Allows Appointment of Reserve Judges

Security Council

5381^st Meeting (AM)

Special Coordinator for Middle East Peace briefs Security Council,

Urges continued support for Palestinian authority

 

Says Authority Building Block for Palestinian State , Cutting Assistance

FOCUS IN PHILIPPINES DISASTER SHIFTS TO RESETTLEMENT, RECONSTRUCTION

Special Committee on

Peacekeeping Operations

189^th & 190^th Meetings (AM & PM)

RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT POPULATIONS UNDER THREAT IS PARAMOUNT ,

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PEACEKEEPING TOLD

Issues Addressed Include Cooperation with Regional Organizations,

GOVERNMENT OF MOZAMBIQUE ASKS UN FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT