SECURITY COUNCIL DEMANDS IVORIAN PARTIES COMPLY SCRUPULOUSLY

WITH PEACE PROCESS TIMETABLE AGREED TO IN PRETORIA 29 JUNE

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ON 10-DAY VISIT TO WEST AFRICA

 

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 5 July (UN Information Service) -- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour is embarking on a 10-day visit to three countries in West Africa emerging from armed conflict.

Committee on Relations

 with Host Country

224^th Meeting (AM)

PARKING, TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS, VISA PROCESSING DELAYS

FOCUS OF DISCUSSION IN HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE

New York City’s perennial parking problems, United States restrictions on diplomats’ local travel and delays in visa processing were, once again, the focus of discussion at today’s meeting of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country.

Economic and Social Council

2005 Substantive Session

17^th Meeting (AM)

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

684^th Meeting (AM)

REAL-LIFE BENEFITS MUST BE GUIDING PRINCIPLE IN GAUGING HOW WOMEN CAN GAIN

FROM SEPTEMBER SUMMIT, ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

Opening Thirty-Third Session, Special Adviser

On Gender Issues Stresses Need to Tackle Systemic Roots of Inequality

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ATTACKS ON DIPLOMATS IN IRAq

 

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

SEPTEMBER SUMMIT A ONCE-IN-A-GENERATION CHANCE TO TAKE ACTION ON GRAVE

GLOBAL THREATS, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS AFRICAN LEADERS

Announcing Creation of United Nations Democracy Fund,

He Lauds Gains in Quest to Make African Union Effective Tool for Progress

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the Summit of the African Union, held at Sirte, Libya, yesterday, Monday 4 July:

GOVERNMENTS WILL TAKE IMPORTANT DECISIONS ONLY WITH CLEAR SUPPORT FROM ORDINARY

VOTERS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN STATEMENT ON LIVE 8 CONCERT IN LONDON

Following is the text of the statement by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the Live 8 Concert in London, 2 July:

UN FOOD SAFETY AND QUALITY STANDARDS COMMISSION MEETS

 

Session Expected to Adopt New Standards for Vitamin Supplements, Foods

(Reissued as received.)

Economic and Social Council

2005 Substantive Session

15^th & 16^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Regional assessments of progress meeting anti-poverty goals reveal

 

at best ‘mixed picture’, economic and social council told

Sharp Contrasts in Achievement Revealed across, within Regions;

Afternoon Panel Focuses on Improving Coordination within UN System