| Press Release HR/CN/1052 |
COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ELECTS MICHAEL SMITH OF AUSTRALIA
AS CHAIRPERSON OF ITS SIXTIETH SESSION
Also Elects Other Members of Bureau for Session Which Starts on 15 March 2004
(Reissued as received.)
| Press Release ENV/DEV/749 |
BAHAMAS MEETING (26-30 JANUARY) TO DEVELOP COMMON PLATFORM
FOR SMALL ISLAND STATES WORLDWIDE
| Press Release WOM/1426 |
Committee on Elimination of
Discrimination against Women
636th Meeting (AM)*
WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TAKES UP REPORT OF BHUTAN
Country’s Representative Says ‘Consistent
Steps’ Taken to Comply with Letter, Spirit of Convention
| Press Release SOC/4635 |
WORKING GROUP ON DISABILITY CONVENTION ADOPTS DRAFT TEXT
NEW YORK, 16 January (United Nations Department of Public Information) --The Working Group established to draft a text of an international convention on the rights of persons with disabilities today adopted by consensus a draft that will form the basis for negotiations on the convention.
| Press Release SG/SM/9119 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES WORLD LEADERS TO REFOCUS ENERGIES ON POVERTY,
HUNGER, UNSAFE DRINKING WATER, ENVIRONMENT, DISEASE
Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the ceremony for the handover of the Group of 77 in New York today:
| Press Release SG/SM/9118 |
NO DEVELOPMENT TOOL MORE EFFECTIVE THAN EDUCATION OF GIRLS, EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN
SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN ADDRESS TO WOMEN’S HEALTH COALITION
Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s keynote address to the annual gala event of the International Women’s Health Coalition, in New York on
15 January:
| Press Release SC/7983 |
SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS TWO INDIVIDUALS TO AL-QAIDA
SECTION OF ITS CONSOLIDATED LIST
The Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee on 16 January 2004 added the names of two individuals to its consolidated list (Al-Qaida section).
10. *Name: 1: SULAIMAN 2: JASSEM 3: SULAIMAN 4: ABO GHAITH
| Press Release SC/7982 |
Security Council
2003 Round-up
IRAQ, MIDDLE EAST, AFGHANISTAN, AFRICA KEY ISSUES BEFORE SECURITY COUNCIL IN 2003
In a year dominated by the war in Iraq, the Security Council also addressed a broad range of other threats to peace and security around the globe, including in the Middle East, Afghanistan, Liberia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire and others.
| Press Release SC/7981 |
Security Council
4895th Meeting (AM)
MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS ‘REMAINS STALEMATED’ SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD,
IN BRIEFING BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL KIERAN PRENDERGAST
| Press Release Note No. 5840 |
Note to Correspondents
MEDIA ARRANGEMENTS FOR COVERAGE OF 19 JANUARY MEETINGS OF SECRETARY-GENERAL
WITH COALITION AUTHORITY, GOVERNING COUNCIL ON IRAQ
The following is a planning schedule for correspondents who wish to cover Monday’s meetings regarding Iraq:
