SECURITY COUNCIL TO DISCUSS CRITICAL ROLE OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN BUILDING PEACE

Women and girls must have a greater role in peace processes and must be brought to the negotiating table more systematically, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a report to the Security Council, issued today.

Security Council

4629^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL, ACTING CONCURRENTLY WITH GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

ELECTS FIVE MEMBERS TO INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fourth Committee

13^th Meeting (PM)

REFORM, PEACEKEEPER MISCONDUCT, CRITERIA FOR SENIOR-LEVEL APPOINTMENTS

AMONG ISSUES RAISED IN FOURTH COMMITTEE DEBATE ON PEACEKEEPING

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

23^rd Meeting (AM)

THIRD COMMITTEE DELEGATES SAY COMPLETION OF DRAFT ON INDIGENOUS RIGHTS

IS CRITICAL BY 2004, AS DISCUSSION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE CONCLUDES

Draft Resolution Introduced on Older Women in Society

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

14^th and 15^th Meetings (AM & PM)

DESERTIFICATION, NATURAL DISASTERS, PLIGHT OF SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES

DOMINATE SECOND COMMITTEE DISCUSSION OF ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

17^th Meeting (AM)

URGENT RATIFICATION OF COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY

CALLED FOR IN ONE OF NINE TEXTS APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

United States Votes against Draft;

Says Opposed to CTBT, Will Not Seek Reconsideration of Senate’s Rejection

Trusteeship Council

Sixty-third session

1708^th Meeting (PM)

TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL MEETS, ELECTS NEW OFFICERS

Meeting for the first time since 1998, the Trusteeship Council this afternoon elected Adam Thomson of the United Kingdom as its President and Michel Duclos of France as its Vice-President.  Both will serve for five year terms in their posts.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

12^th Meeting (AM)

FINANCIAL STABILITY OF UN ‘UNDER PRESSURE’ SAYS UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL

FOR MANAGEMENT AS FIFTH COMMITTEE CONSIDERS 2002-2003 BUDGET

Speakers also Address Conference Services, Language Parity on UN Web Site,

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

35^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, CONCURRENTLY WITH SECURITY COUNCIL, ELECTS

FIVE MEMBERS TO INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

Judges -- Three New, Two Re-Elected -– Will Serve Nine-year Terms

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO MEETING ON NOBEL PEACE LAUREATES,

SAYS SITUATION OVER IRAQ IS AMONG GRAVEST FACING WORLD TODAY

Principle of Multilateralism Said to Face Critical Test -– Even

Most Powerful Countries Know They Must Work with Others to Achieve Aims