Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

685^th & 686^th Meetings (AM & PM)

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE VOICES CONCERN ABOUT INEQUALITIES

AMONG ETHNIC GROUPS, AS IT TAKES UP ISRAEL’S REPORT

Noting Israel’s Passage of New Laws to Empower Women,

Committee Members Say More Effort Needed to Combat Domestic Violence

UNITED NATIONS FIREARMS PROTOCOL ENTERS INTO FORCE

 

(Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 6 July (UN Information Service) -- On 3 July, 90 days after the date of deposit of its fortieth instrument of ratification, the Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (the Firearms Protocol), entered into force.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, accompanied by his wife Nane, arrived in Edinburgh on Thursday, 30 June, on the first leg of a mission that was also taking him to the African Union and the G-8 summits.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES GOVERNMENT, PEOPLE OF BURUNDI

ON SUCCESSFUL CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS

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

The Secretary-General would like to congratulate the Transitional Government of Burundi and the Burundian people for the successful and peaceful conduct of the legislative elections on 4 July.

MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS HAVE UNPRECEDENTED POLITICAL SUPPORT,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT LONDON EVENT

Following is the text of today’s address by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the St. Paul’s Cathedral event on the Millennium Development Goals, in London:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES 5 JULY DECLARATION AIMED AT ENDING DARFUR CONFLICT

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES PRISONER RELEASE IN MYANMAR

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DELIGHTED’ BY CHOICE OF LONDON FOR 2012 OLYMPICS

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

Congratulations, London.

I heard the news of London’s Olympic win while driving through Trafalgar Square.  I am delighted by the city’s success.  I have no doubt that this will be a magnificent international sporting event.  Good for the world, good for the United Kingdom.

IN MESSAGE TO CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT CONFERENCE, SECRETARY-GENERAL

INVITES THEM TO ENGAGE ACTIVELY, CONSTRUCTIVELY, IN UN REFORM EFFORT

Security Council

5222^nd Meeting (AM)

FOLLOWING 15 JUNE INAUGURATION OF BOUGAINVILLE’S AUTONOMOUS GOVERNMENT,

UNITED NATIONS MANDATE FULLY IMPLEMENTED, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Assistant Secretary-General Briefs on Successful Elections;

Culmination of Peace Process Begun in 1997 after Brutal Civil Conflict