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

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT OPENS 2003 SESSION, HEARS MESSAGE

FROM SECRETARY-GENERAL URGING END TO IMPASSE

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 21 January (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament began its 2003 session this morning, urged by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan to "redouble its efforts to overcome its current impasse" and resume substantive work.

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BAHRAIN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Tawfeeq Ahmed Khalil Almansoor, the new Permanent Representative of Bahrain to the United Nations, presented his credentials today to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF COLOMBIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Luis Guillermo Giraldo, the new Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations, presented his credentials today to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SURINAME PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Ewald Wensley Limon, the new Permanent Representative of Suriname to the United Nations, presented his credentials today to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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            AIDS/49

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            21 January 2003

HEADS OF MAJOR HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES CALL FOR ACTION TO ADDRESS

SOUTHERN AFRICA’S HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

NORWAY CALLED ‘HAVEN FOR GENDER EQUALITY’, AS WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION

COMMITTEE EXAMINES REPORTS ON COMPLIANCE WITH CONVENTION

But Concerns Expressed Regarding Inequalities

In Economic Decision-Making, Violence Against Women, Rights of Immigrant Women

MENACE OF TERRORISM REQUIRES GLOBAL RESPONSE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL,

STRESSING IMPORTANCE OF INCREASED UNITED NATIONS ROLE

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the 20 January Security Council ministerial meeting on terrorism: