Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

624^th & 625^th Meetings (AM & PM)

ACKNOWLEDGING NEW ZEALAND’S IMPRESSIVE LEGISLATION, ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN IN POSITIONS

OF POWER, ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CAUTIONS AGAINST COMPLACENCY

Secretary-General Kofi Annan left Switzerland in the evening of Monday, 7 July, and arrived in Maputo, Mozambique at midday on Tuesday, where he was due to attend the African Union Summit and hold meetings in the margins with a number of African leaders.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS AGAIN FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF ALAN JARA

ON SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF KIDNAPPING IN COLOMBIA

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

ESCWA POST-WAR MEETING ON IRAQ CONCLUDES; CALLS FOR A STRONGER UN ROLE

(Reissued as received.)

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS SEVENTY-EIGHTH SESSION

Hears Statement by Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 14 July (UN Information Service) -- The Human Rights Committee, charged with monitoring the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, started this morning its four-week summer session by hearing a statement by the Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights, Bertrand

ECOSOC HOLDS PANEL ON EFFECTS OF HIV/AIDS AND OTHER WIDESPREAD DISEASES

ON HUMANITARIAN RELIEF OPERATIONS

Panellists Stress That Prevention, Response to Disease Outbreak

Is Everyone’s Business And That Coordinated Relief Operations Save Lives

(Reissued as received.)

ECOSOC HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON TRANSITION FROM RELIEF TO DEVELOPMENT

Discusses Transitions in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka,

And Angola; Notes Lack of Focus on Natural Disasters

(Reissued as received.)

UN SYSTEM NEEDS PAY, BENEFITS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO IMPROVED PERFORMANCE,

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION

Following is the text of remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the International Civil Service Commission in New York today:

It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the United Nations for the fifty-seventh session of the International Civil Service Commission.

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

622^nd & 623^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

ECUADOR’S GENDER EQUALITY MECHANISMS NEED REAL POWER TO ACHIEVE POSITIVE RESULTS,

SAY EXPERTS IN WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

Biographical Note                                            SG/A/848/Rev.1*