Press Release

Ad Hoc Committee on Jurisdictional                         

Immunities of States and Their Property                    

8^th Meeting (AM)

AD HOC COMMITTEE ADOPTS DRAFT CONVENTION ON JURISDICTIONAL IMMUNITIES

FIFTY-FIRST SESSION OF UNCC GOVERNING COUNCIL TO BE HELD FROM 9 TO 11 MARCH

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 5 March (UN Information Service) -- The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its fifty-first session from 9 to 11 March 2004 under the Presidency of Ambassador Michael Steiner (Germany).

Round-up                                                   

COMMITTEE ON MIGRANT WORKERS’ RIGHTS ENDS FIRST SESSION

Calls for Greater Ratification of Migrants Treaty

GOVERNMENT EXPERTS OF STATES PARTIES TO WEAPONS CONVENTION

TO MEET IN GENEVA, 8 – 12 MARCH

(Reissued as received.)

BLAIR AFRICA COMMISSION ‘A CHANCE TO MOVE FROM RHETORIC TO ACTION’

(Reissued as received.)

ADDIS ABABA, 4 March (ECA) -- The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) Executive Secretary, K.Y. Amoako, has said he believes the new Commission for Africa launched by British Prime Minister Tony Blair offers an opportunity to move from rhetoric to action.

Commission on the Status of Women                          

Forty-eight Session                                        

Biographical Note                                          

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ANGELA KANE OF GERMANY AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL

FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT

Biographical Note                                          

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ELISABETH LINDENMAYER OF FRANCE AS ASSISTANT

SECRETARY-GENERAL TO POST OF DEPUTY CHEF DE CABINET

Security Council                                           

Note to Correspondents

EXHIBITION OF TOP INTERNATIONAL NEWS PHOTOGRAPHS TO OPEN

AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS ON 5 MARCH