UNITED NATIONS ASSISTS CHINA AFTER LETHAL EARTHQUAKE

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee (Resumed)

41^st Meeting (AM)                   

NEED FOR TRANSPARENCY, FAIRNESS, INDEPENDENCE IN UNITED NATIONS

ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE HIGHLIGHTED IN FIFTH COMMITTEE

Economic and Social Council

2003 Organizational Session

5^th Meeting (AM)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL, PREPARING FOR GENEVA SUBSTANTIVE SESSION, ADOPTS

HUMANITARIAN SEGMENT THEMES, OPERATIONAL SEGMENT WORK PROGRAMME

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-seventh Session

4^th Meeting (PM)

NATIONAL LEGISLATION, GOVERNMENT BODIES AIMED AT PROMOTING GENDER

EQUALITY FOCUS OF WOMEN’S COMMISSION ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSION

Speakers Highlight Laws Targeting Harmful Cultural Practices,

Describe Creation of Ministries Dedicated to Women’s Rights, Development

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-seventh Session

3^rd Meeting (AM)

BREAKING SILENCE, STRENGTHENING LEGISLATION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, TRAFFICKING

IN WOMEN KEY ISSUES FOR WOMEN’S COMMISSION PANEL

INDIAN SOLAR MARKET ADVANCES WITH NEW FINANCE FROM UNEP AND BANKS

(Reissued as received.)

BANGALORE/PARIS, 4 March, (UNEP) -- A major new $7.6 million initiative was launched today between the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and two of India's largest banking groups to help 18,000 southern Indian households finance clean and reliable electricity from solar power.

HUMAN COMMUNITY SHOULD BE LINKED IN COMMON EFFORT TO PROTECT, SHARE WATER EQUITABLY, SUSTAINABLY, PEACEFULLY SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL ON WORLD DAY

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on World Water Day, which is observed 22 March:

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS NAMES OF THREE ENTITIES TO CONSOLIDATED LIST

The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) has added on 4 March 2003 the following entities to its consolidated list (Al-Qaida section):

WORLD AGRICULTURE TOWARDS 2030 -– FINAL STUDY PUBLISHED

Growth in Food Production Will Be Higher Than Population Growth

ROME, 4 March (FAO) -- The world's population will be better fed by 2030, but hundreds of millions of people in developing countries will remain chronically hungry.

Note to Correspondents

‘YOUTH AT RISK:  THE FUTURE IN OUR HANDS’ THEME OF ANNUAL

STUDENT CONFERENCE AT HEADQUARTERS 6-7 MARCH