Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

35^th Meeting (AM)

UN STRATEGY FOR INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

 

AMONG ISSUES TAKEN UP BY BUDGET COMMITTEE

 

Facilities for Economic Commission for Africa, Work of Liaison

Offices, Report of UN Fund for International Partnerships Also Discussed

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary

82^nd Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION

 

ON HUMAN CLONING BY VOTE OF 84-34-37

UN GLOBAL COMPACT CONVENES MAJOR SOUTH ASIAN MEETING

 

TO ADVANCE RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS, COMBAT POVERTY

NEW YORK, 8 March (Global Compact Office) -- Moving to advance responsible business practices in order to help combat poverty in the developing world, the United Nations Global Compact today convenes its first major regional meeting in South Asia.

EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR JAN EGELAND CONCLUDES TRIP TO SUDAN;

SAYS 2005 COUNTRY’S ‘MAKE OR BREAK YEAR’

 

KHARTOUM, 8 March (OCHA) -- United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland today completed a four-day tour of the Sudan, including visits to return to areas in South Sudan, internally displaced persons camps and conflict-affected locations in Darfur and meetings with authorities in Khartoum.

UNITED NATIONS STANDING ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON SECURITY QUESTIONS IN CENTRAL AFRICA

TO HOLD 22nd MINISTERIAL MEETING 14 - 18 MARCH IN BRAZZAVILLE

 

Commission on the Status of Women

Forty-ninth Session

11^th & 12^th Meetings (AM & PM)

WOMEN CONTINUE TO FACE HOST OF PERSISTENT OBSTACLES TO ADVANCEMENT,

COMMISSION TOLD, AS HIGH-LEVEL DEBATE CONTINUES

Forty-Nine More Speakers Heard

In Review of Progress 10 Years after Beijing Conference

‘WE ARE NOT MOVING FAST ENOUGH’ TO DEAL WITH APPALLING SITUATION IN DARFUR,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, AFTER MEETING WITH SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement on Sudan, issued in New York, 7 March:

The members of the Security Council came to see me this morning, at my request, to discuss Sudan.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, NOTING SYRIAN PRESIDENT’S SPEECH, DISPATCHES ENVOY

TO BEIRUT, DAMASCUS TO DISCUSS SECURITY COUNCIL Resolution 1559

 

The following statement was issued on Saturday, 5 March, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General took note of the speech delivered today in Damascus by the Syrian President, Dr. Bashar Al Assad, and will study it carefully.

Security Council

5135^th Meeting (PM)

OUTER SPACE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE CONCLUDES

 

FORTY-SECOND SESSION IN VIENNA

Discusses Space System-Based Telemedicine, Disaster Management

(Reissued as received.)