Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

LUXEMBOURG COMMENDED FOR COMMITMENT TO PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY, AS WOMEN’S

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CONSIDERS COUNTRY’S FOURTH REPORT

But experts Regret Delays in Process

To Remove Country’s Reservation to Convention

SWITCH TO UNLEADED FUEL ‘IN SIGHT’ FOR AFRICA, ACCORDING TO NEW

UN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME REPORT

NAIROBI, 22 January (UNEP) -- An international effort to phase out lead, the health-hazardous heavy metal, from petrol is accelerating as increasing numbers of African countries switch to unleaded fuel.

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED BY LOSS OF LIFE FOLLOWING MEXICAN EARTHQUAKE;

SAYS UNITED NATIONS STANDS READY TO ASSIST

The following statement was issued today by the spokesman for

Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

WESTERN ASIA PREPARATORY CONFERENCE FOR INFORMATION SOCIETY WORLD SUMMIT

TO BE HELD IN BEIRUT 4-6 FEBRUARY

SEMINAR ON SECURITY SECTOR REFORM EMPHASIZES DEMOCRATIC CIVILIAN CONTROL

(Reissued as received.)

Note to Correspondents 

MEETING ON BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE FOR THE CARIBBEAN

TO BE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS, 24 JANUARY

As part of its effort to mobilize key partners for ICT-for-development, the United Nations Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Task Force will hold a meeting on “Bridging the Digital Divide for the Caribbean” on Friday,

Committee on NGOS

45^th & 46^th Meetings (AM & PM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS EIGHT ORGANIZATIONS FOR SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS

WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TAKES UP EL SALVADOR’S REPORTS,

COMMENDS COUNTRY’S CREATION OF INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN

Experts Also Note Lack of Women in Key International Posts

REVITALIZING CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT REQUIRES RENEWED POLITICAL WILL,

DETERMINATION, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the twenty-fifth session of the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, delivered today by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva:

Committee on NGOs

43^rd & 44^th Meetings (AM & PM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS FOUR ORGANIZATIONS FOR SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS

WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL