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)

SECRETARY-GENERAL OFFERS GLOBAL STRATEGY FOR FIGHTING TERRORISM,

IN ADDRESS TO MADRIDSUMMIT

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s keynote address to the closing plenary of the International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism and Security, delivered today in Madrid, Spain:

Why have you invited me to speak here?  Because terrorism is a threat to all States, to all peoples, which can strike anytime, anywhere.

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL BABACAR GAYE APPOINTED NEW FORCE COMMANDER

 

OF UN ORGANIZATION MISSION IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO