COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ELECTS CHAIRPERSON AND BUREAU FOR FIFTY-NINTH SESSION

Najat Al-Hajjaji of Libya Elected Chairperson

By Secret Ballot of 33 in Favour and 3 Opposed, with 17 Abstentions

(Reissued as received.)

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

596^th Meeting (AM)

FEDERALISM IN SWITZERLAND NO HINDRANCE TO SOCIAL CHANGE,

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

Delegation Responds to Questions

Posed by Experts on Swiss Compliance with Convention

PRESS STATEMENT ON LIBERIA BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on Liberia by Security Council President Jean-Marc de La Sablière:

Members of the Council heard a briefing by Youssef Mahmoud, Director,

Africa II Division, and discussed the situation in Liberia.

Security Council

4686^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL DECIDES TO IMPROVE IMPLEMENTATION OF MEASURES

AGAINST TALIBAN, MEMBERS OF AL QAEDA

Resolution 1455 (2003) Adopted Unanimously

Committee on NGOs

39^th & 40^th Meetings (AM & PM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS FIVE ORGANIZATIONS FOR SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS

WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

594^th & 595^th Meetings (AM & PM)                 

EXPERTS IN WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE EXPRESS CONCERN

AT DECLINE OF WOMEN’S SITUATION IN ALBANIA

RENEWED EFFORTS NEEDED FOR SUCCESSFUL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS, SECRETARY-GENERAL

SAYS AT CEREMONY MARKING MOROCCO’S CHAIRMANSHIP OF GROUP OF 77

Also Cites Need For Cooperation

Between Developed, Developing Countries on Issue of Migration

Following is the text of remarks, as delivered, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the ceremony marking the turnover of the chairmanship of the “Group

Security Council

4685^th Meeting (AM)

CLEAR INTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS SUPPORTS ‘ROAD MAP’ TOWARDS TWO-STATE

MIDDLE EAST SETTLEMENT, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Says

JOINT INSPECTION UNIT ELECTS CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 15 January (UN Information Service) -- At the first meeting of its winter 2003 session, on 14 January 2003, the Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) elected Inspector Armando Duque-González (Colombia) as its Chairman and Inspector Ion Gorita (Romania) as its Vice-Chairman for the current calendar year.

Committee on NGOs

37^th & 38^th Meetings (AM & PM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS NINE ORGANIZATIONS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS

WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL