Commission on the Status of Women

Forty-ninth Session

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

GENDER DISCRIMINATION’S DISASTROUS EFFECTS STARKLY ILLUSTRATED

BY HIV/AIDS PANDEMIC, WOMEN’S COMMISSION TOLD

Two Panel Discussions Explore Connections

Among Beijing Platform, Women’s Convention, Global Anti-Poverty Goals

UN Counter-Drugs Chief Calls on Private Sector

 

To Rebuild Regions Gutted by Drugs and Crime

 

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Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in London early in the morning of Tuesday, 1 March, where he addressed the London Conference in Support of the Palestinian Authority, convened by United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair.

UNODC, UNIDO JOIN FORCES TO FIGHT DRUG TRAFFICKING, IMPROVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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Note to Correspondents

HUMAN RIGHTS EXHIBITION OPENS AT HEADQUARTERS ON 4 MARCH

 

Note to Correspondents

‘EMPOWER WOMEN’ EXHIBITION TO OPEN AT UN HEADQUARTERS ON 4 MARCH

As the United Nations commemorates the thirtieth anniversary of the First United Nations World Conference on Women in Mexico City in 1975, the exhibition entitled “Empower Women:  30 Years of the United Nations Efforts to Promote Gender Equality” will open in the General Assembly Visitors’ Lobby on Friday, 4 March.

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

 

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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

 

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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