GENEVA PREPARATORY MEETING FOR INFORMATION SOCIETY SUMMIT CONCLUDES,

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN MARCH 2003

The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in March, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month:

3 January-December      Military Staff Committee, New York

UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON ADEQUATE HOUSING TO VISIT PERU

The Special Rapporteur on adequate housing of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Miloon Kothari, will visit Peru starting next week at the invitation of the Government.

DEPUTY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER TO VISIT CENTRAL ASIA

The Deputy United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Bertrand Ramcharan, will undertake an official visit Central Asia from 2 to 16 March 2003, in follow up to the official visit to the region of Secretary-General Kofi Annan in October 2002.

UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT APPLAUDS PROGRESS

IN PROTECTION OF SIERRA LEONE’S CHILDREN

NAIROBI GROUND STATION ESTABLISHED AS PART OF WORLDWIDE

POLLUTION-MONITORING NETWORK

NAIROBI, 27 February (UNEP) -- Nairobi has become a key lynchpin in an international effort to monitor the repair of the ozone layer, the Earth's protective shield, and pollution from events such as forest fires and charcoal burning.

UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT LAUNCHES

WORLD INVESTMENT DIRECTORY ONLINE

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Athens, Greece, from Ankara, Turkey, in the morning of Tuesday, 25 February.

Prepared by News Services                            Reference Paper No. 42

 and Editorial Section and issued                        February 2003

 by Meetings Coverage Section, DPI

Background Release

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION TO MEET

AT PALAIS DES NATIONS FROM 3 TO 21 MARCH 2003

Committee to Consider Reports of Côte d’Ivoire, Ecuador, Fiji, Ghana,