Committee on Charter

 and United Nations Role

247^th Meeting (AM)

Opening current session, charter committee discusses questions related to imposition

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS OPENS SIXTY-FIRST SESSION

 

High Commissioner for Human Rights Says Commission Is One

Embodiment of Collective Responsibility to Promote and Protect Human Rights

(Reissued as received.)

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF UN VOLUNTARY FUND ON CONTEMPORARY

 

FORMS OF SLAVERY CONCLUDES TENTH SESSION

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 14 March (UN Information Service) -- The Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery concluded its tenth session on Friday, 11 March.

Commission on the Status of Women

Forty-ninth Session

19^th & 20^th Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN ADOPTS 10 WIDE-RANGING RESOLUTIONS,

BUT FAILS TO CONCLUDE CURRENT SESSION

New Texts Concern Women’s Economic Advancement, Gender Mainstreaming,

Appointment of Special Rapporteur, Disaster Relief, Indigenous Women, Trafficking

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES UNITED KINGDOM’S AFRICA COMMISSION REPORTAS IMPORTANT

 

CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD’S ‘FOREMOST DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGE’

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement on the report of the Commission on Africa in New York, 11 March:

The United Nations welcomes this report of the Commission on Africa, established by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Round-Up of Session

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONCLUDES SIXTY-SIXTH SESSION

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports Presented by Lao People’s

Democratic Republic, France, Luxembourg, Australia, Ireland, Bahrain, Azerbaijan

(Reissued as received.)

PARIS MEETING COMMITS TO DEVELOPMENT OF INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI EARLY-WARNING SYSTEM

(Reissued as received.)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

26^th Meeting (AM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES RECOMMENDATIONS ON RATIONALIZING FUTURE AGENDA

The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) this morning approved, as amended, a non-paper containing recommendations to the General Assembly on the rationalization of its future agenda.

Special Committee on

 Decolonization

2^nd Meeting (AM)

DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE WILL SEND MISSION TO BERMUDA 28-31 MARCH; 30 MAY - 4 JUNE

Also Decides Caribbean Regional Seminar Will be Held in Saint Vincent 17-19 May

Commission on the Status of Women

Forty-ninth Session

17^th & 18^th Meetings (AM & PM)