Committee on the Rights of the Child

BACKGROUND RELEASE

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD TO HOLD THIRTY-FIFTH SESSION IN GENEVA

FROM 12 TO 30 JANUARY 2004

Reports from Indonesia, Guyana, Armenia, Germany,

Netherlands, India, Papua New Guinea, Slovenia, Japan to be Considered

(Reissued as received.)

CEDAW CHAIRPERSON APPLAUDS NEW AFGHAN CONSTITUTION

The following statement was issued by Ms. Feride Acar, Chairperson of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW):

SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGED BY DEVELOPMENTS ON KOREAN PENINSULA

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RETURN OF FORCES NOUVELLES TO COTE D’IVOIRE GOVERNMENT

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

PRESS STATEMENT ON ETHIOPIA, ERITREA BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s statement to the press by Security Council President Heraldo Muñoz (Chile):

UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL ENVOY DEPARTS FOR CHAD

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ATTACKS IN KANDAHAR

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

PRESS STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s statement to the press on Afghanistan by Security Council President Heraldo Muñoz (Chile):

Members of the Security Council welcomed the new Constitution agreed by Afghanistan’s Constitutional Loya Jirga on 4 January.

Experts to Examine European Population Trends, Policies at European

Population Forum 2004, Geneva, 12-14 January

(Reissued as received.)

NEW YORK, 6 January (UNFPA/ECE) -- International experts on population and reproductive health will meet at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 12 to 14 January 2004 to examine key issues in Europe and North America, their causes, consequences and policy responses.

Department of Public Information Approves 26 Non-Governmental organizations

for Association, 44 Others Dropped from List

The Department of Public Information Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (DPI/NGOs) approved on 15 December 2003 the association of 26 more organizations, bringing to 1,407 the total number of NGOs associated with DPI.