INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY OBSERVED AT UN HEADQUARTERS WITH THEME

‘AFGHAN WOMEN TODAY:  REALITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES’

Secretary-General Says Afghan Women’s Plight Had Been Affront to Humanity;

U.S. First Lady Emphasizes Her Country’s Long-Term Commitment, with Education Key

GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UN COMPENSATION COMMISSION

TO HOLD FORTY-THIRD SESSION 12-13 MARCH

GENEVA, 8 March (UN Information Service) -- The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its forty-third session from 12 to 13 March under the presidency of Severe Burgh Johansen (Norway).

UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR WAR-AFFECTED CHILDREN CALLS FOR MEASURES

TO ENSURE GREATER PROTECTION FOR CHILDREN IN REFUGEE CAMPS

ADDIS ABABA/NEW YORK, 7 March (OSRSG) -- Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict Olara A. Otunnu has expressed his distress and grave concern about recent reports alleging extensive sexual exploitation of children in refugee camps in West Africa.

Special Committee on

Peacekeeping Operations

169^th Meeting (PM)

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS CONCLUDES SESSION, ADOPTS

REPORTS RECOMMENDING ENHANCED UN CAPACITY FOR PEACEKEEPING

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

46^th Meeting (AM)

PROPOSED EXTENSION OF RETIREMENT AGE FOR STAFF HIRED BEFORE 1990

RAISES QUESTIONS, RESERVATIONS FROM SOME DELEGATIONS

Fifth Committee Adopts 2 Draft Resolutions,

One on Arrears of Former Yugoslavia, Another on Geneva Common Services

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-sixth Session

8^th Meeting (PM)

COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN CONSIDERS FOLLOW-UP

TO 2001 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL SESSION

Also Briefed by Population, Sustainable Development Divisions

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-sixth Session

7^th Meeting (AM)

WOMEN’S COMMISSION DISCUSSES POSSIBLE CHANGES TO REPORTING PROCEDURES

ON WOMEN’S RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

The Commission on the Status of Women continued its forty-seventh session this morning with a discussion on how to improve its communications procedure for reports about violations of women’s human rights. 

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS KILLING OF UN STAFF MEMBER

BY ISRAELI SOLDIERS IN WEST BANK

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ADVANCE OF ZIMBABWE’S WEEKEND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

URGES PEOPLE TO VOTE WITHOUT FEAR, IN KNOWLEDGE BALLOT IS SECRET

The following statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan was issued today in New York:

NEGLECTING PREVENTIVE ACTION ‘A RECIPE FOR DISASTER’,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

Following is the text of yesterday’s address by Secretary-General Kofi Annanto the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations: