Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

97^th Meeting (PM)

FOLLOWING RECORDED VOTE, GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS DECLARATION,

PROGRAMME OF ACTION OF DURBAN WORLD CONFERENCE AGAINST RACISM

Also Adopts 18 Texts on Administrative, Budgetary Matters,

Including Two Texts Limiting Cutbacks on Internet Services for Permanent Missions

Commission on Sustainable Development

Acting as Preparatory Committee for

 World Summit on Sustainable Development

2^nd Meeting (AM)

COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT HEARS FROM VICE-PRESIDENT OF UGANDA

ON LAND, WATER MANAGEMENT

PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the text of today's press statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congoby the President of the Security Council, Ole Peter Kolby (Norway):

PRESS STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of today’s press statement on Afghanistan by the President of the Security Council, Ole Peter Kolby (Norway):

Council members met in informal consultations and discussed the situation in Afghanistan, in particular the establishment of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISTRESSED AT 'HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE' FROM AFGHAN EARTHQUAKE

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

Security Council                                               SC/7338

HUMAN RIGHTS TO BE CENTRAL TO NEW UN MISSION FOR AFGHANISTAN,

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN BRIEFING TO SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of a briefing to today’s Security Council meeting on Afghanistan by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette:

UNITED NATIONS AND CHINA TO HOLD INTERNATIONAL DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE IN BEIJING

NEW YORK, 26 March (Department for Disarmament Affairs) -- On 2 April, the United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs and the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs will co-host a three-day international conference on “A Disarmament Agenda for the 21^st Century.” 

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-sixth Session

16^th Meeting*(AM)

CONSENSUS RESOLUTION ON WOMEN AND GIRLS IN AFGHANISTAN APPROVED

BY WOMEN'S COMMISSION, AS IT CONCLUDES FORTY-SIXTH SESSION

The Secretary-General arrived in Mexico City in the afternoon of Tuesday,  19 March.