Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

561^st and 562^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMITTEE COMMENDS DENMARK’S ACHIEVEMENTS IN IMPLEMENTATION

OF WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION

The Secretary-General departed Geneva on Sunday, 9 June.  He arrived in Rome in the late afternoon, where he met immediately with James Morris, the Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP).

SPREAD OF TERRORISM THREAT TO VERY FOUNDATIONS OF UNITED NATIONS

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO LISBON ANTI-TERRORISM MEETING

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered on his behalf by Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Danilo Turk, to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) High-level Conference on Preventing and Combating Terrorism in Lisbon, Portugal, on 12 June:

                                                            SG/SM/8263*

SECRETARY-GENERAL NAMES MOUSTAPHA NIASSE (SENEGAL) SPECIAL ENVOY TO FACILITATE

AGREEMENT ON POWER SHARING DURING TRANSITION IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Secretary-General Kofi Annan left Moscow on Thursday morning, 6 June, and flew to Geneva, arriving at midday.

Summit on Staff Security

AM Meeting

‘THE FORGOTTEN STAFF’ THEME OF STAFF SECURITY SUMMIT AT HEADQUARTERS,

HIGHLIGHTING CONTINUING PROBLEM OF UN EMPLOYEES ABDUCTED, MURDERED

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ‘SUMMIT’ ON STAFF SECURITY

THAT INCREASING THREATS ‘COMPEL US TO DO MORE’

Following are the remarks of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the annual Summit on Staff Security:

SUPPORT AFRICA’S OWN DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE,

INDEPENDENT PANEL ADVISES UNITED NATIONS

NEW YORK, 11 June -– After surveying another decade of “poor economic performance” in Africa, an independent panel today called on the United Nations to throw its weight behind African leaders’ new home-grown strategy, the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD).

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

559^th & 560^th Meetings (AM & PM)

EXPERTS PRAISE BELGIUM'S INNOVATIVE PROMOTION OF GENDER EQUALITY,

URGE COORDINATION OF ACTION BY COUNTRY'S FEDERATED BODIES