MEETING IN PARIS TO PLAN TSUNAMI EARLY-WARNING SYSTEM, 3-8 MARCH

 

(Delayed in transmission.)

Commission on Sustainable Development

Preparatory Meeting

8^th & 9^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SPEAKERS IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PREPARATORY MEETING STRESS NEED FOR GENDER

MAINSTREAMING, RESOURCE MOBILIZATION, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, CAPACITY-BUILDING

Role of Private Sector in Provision of Water, Sanitation Services Debated

GROUP OF GOVERNMENTAL EXPERTS ON CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS

 

TO MEET IN GENEVA FROM 7 TO 11 MARCH

 

(Reissued as received.)

Commission on the Status of Women

Forty-Ninth Session

5^th & 6^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Women’s efforts to take rightful place in societies after tragedy of war

 

highlighted, as women’s commission concludes high-level debate

Hears from 48 More Speakers in Review

Of Progress 10 years after Beijing Women’s Conference

INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD ANNUAL REPORT FOCUSES

ON NEED TO INTEGRATE DRUG DEMAND, SUPPLY STRATEGIES

 

(Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 2 March (UN Information Service) -- “The integration of supply and demand reduction strategies:  moving beyond a balanced approach” is the focus of the first chapter of the Annual Report of the Vienna-based International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), released here today.

EDUCATION, GENDER EQUALITY TOGETHER MUST BE GIVEN PRIORITY, SECRETARY-GENERAL

SAYS IN VIDEO MESSAGE TO CONFERENCE ON GENDER PARITY

 

Following is the text of the video message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the Conference on Gender Parity in Education, Washington, D.C., 2 March:

Dear friends,

IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL CITES NEED FOR TARGETED

ACTION TO CHANGE HISTORICAL LEGACY PUTTING WOMEN AT DISADVANTAGE

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR REINING IN OF MILITIAS IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE

 

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

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS MURDER OF NINE UN PEACEKEEPERS

 

IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

 

In Presidential Statement, Council Calls on Government to Bring Attackers

To Justice; Welcomes UN Mission’s ‘Continued Robust Action’ in Pursuit of Its Mandate

UN SENDS EMERGENCY TEAM TO OCEANIA

 

NEW YORK, 2 March (OCHA) -- The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is sending two emergency teams, one to the Cook Islands and one to Tokelau, to help assess the situation after Tropical Cyclone Percy.