Background Release

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE HOLDS 27TH SESSION

IN NEW YORK, 3 - 21 JUNE

Will Review Reports of Eight States Parties

NEW YORK, 30 May (Division for Advancement of Women) -- The twenty-seventh session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 3 to 21 June 2002.

Security Council

4546^th Meeting* (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS FORCE MONITORING ISRAEL-SYRIA DISENGAGEMENT

UNTIL 31 DECEMBER, UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1415 (2002)

The Security Council this morning extended the mandate of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) for another seven months, until 31 December 2002.

UN INSTITUTE FOR TRAINING AND RESEARCH, INTEL CORPORATION PARTNERS

IN INITIATIVE TO BRIDGE DIGITAL DIVIDE

Committee on NGOs

23^rd and 24^th Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS CONCLUDES TWO-WEEK SESSION;

RECOMMENDS 93 GROUPS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECOSOC

GOOD PROGRESS MADE IN BALI ON NEGOTIATION OF OUTCOME DOCUMENT

FOR JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

BALI, 30 May -- As the final Preparatory Committee for the upcoming World Summit on Sustainable Development continued its session today, government representatives focused their attention on the draft implementation programme to be adopted by the Summit this September in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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PRESS RELEASE BY SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED

PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION 751 (1992)

At its nineteenth meeting, on 28 May 2002, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia exchanged views on enhancing effective implementation of the arms embargo.

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON ERITREA AND ETHIOPIA

The following press statement on the peace process between Ethiopia and Eritrea was delivered today by Security CouncilPresident Kishore Mahbubani (Singapore):

Members of the Council heard a briefing by the Secretariat on the peace process between Eritrea and Ethiopia.

LIBRARIES IN RUSSIAN FEDERATION, CHINA DESIGNATED

UNITED NATIONS DEPOSITORY LIBRARIES

Committee on NGOs

21^st and 22^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMITTEE CLOSES FILE ON COMPLAINT AGAINST NEW HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH,

REQUESTS FURTHER REPORT ON FRANCE LIBERTÉS' STAND ON TIBET

Committee Also Examines Sudan-Sponsored Draft

On Establishing General Voluntary Trust Fund for UN NGO Network