Security Council

4719^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS ETHIOPIA/ERITREA MISSION UNTIL 15 SEPTEMBER,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1466 (2003)

The Security Council this afternoon extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE), which was to expire on midnight, until 15 September.

FRENCH LANGUAGE TELEVISION CHANNEL -- TV5 -- TO BE AVAILABLE TO UN DELEGATES, MEDIA,

STAFF UNDER AGREEMENT WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION OF LA FRANCOPHONIE

Following the signing of a memorandum of understanding this morning between the United Nations and the International Organisation of La Francophonie, delegates, non-governmental organizations, media and staff at Headquarters will have access to the French language television channel TV5. 

GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION APPROVES AWARDS

OF OVER US $223 MILLION FOR COMPENSATION

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 14 March (UN Information Service) -- The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the Presidency of Germany, concluded its forty-seventh session yesterday and approved awards of

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS OFFER BY KENYA TO HOST 2004 REVIEW CONFERENCE

ON CONVENTION PROHIBITING MINES

Conference Expresses Condolences

Over Assassination of Prime Minister of Serbia and Montenegro

(Reissued as received.)

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-seventh Session

12^th Meeting* (PM)

WOMEN’S COMMISSION APPROVES TEXTS ON ASSESSING UN GENDER POLICIES,

FUTURE WORK OF RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN

Secretary-General Kofi Annan departed New York on Saturday, 8 March, and arrived in the Netherlands the following morning.

EXPERT PANEL ON ILLEGAL EXPLOITATION OF RESOURCES IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

TO BEGIN WORK IN NAIROBI ON 24 MARCH

TWO MILLION FACE SERIOUS FOOD SHORTAGES IN WEST AFRICA

Funds urgently needed for projects

in Cape Verde, the Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 13 March (FAO) -- Almost 2 million people are facing serious food shortages in five countries west of the Sahel, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Thursday, as it renewed its appeal for funds for emergency projects in the area.

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO HOLD SEVENTY-SEVENTH SESSION

IN GENEVA FROM 17 MARCH TO 4 APRIL 2003

Experts to Examine Reports of Estonia, Luxembourg and Mali

(Reissued as received.)

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO HOLD FIFTY-NINTH SESSION

AT PALAIS DES NATIONS FROM 17 MARCH TO 25 APRIL 2003

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 13 March (UN Information Service) -- The principal human rights organ of the United Nations will conduct its annual six-week session for 2003 from 17 March to 25 April.