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:

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ANTONIO MARIA COSTA DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UN OFFICE

ISRAELI BOMB LANDS WITHIN 200 METRES OF 3,100 SCHOOLCHILDREN  

(Reissued as received.)

GAZA, 7 March (UNRWA) -- At 9 a.m. today an Israeli F16 dropped a large bomb on the Palestinian Police headquarters compound in Gaza City. The bomb exploded within 200 metres of 3,100 refugee children, aged between six and 15 years old, who were attending three schools run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

45^th Meeting (AM)

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-sixth Session

6^th Meeting (PM)

IMPORTANCE OF WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN PROTECTING ENVIRONMENT STRESSED,

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-sixth Session

5^th Meeting (AM)

EXPERT PANEL EXAMINES LINKS BETWEEN EMPOWERING WOMEN, ERADICATING POVERTY

IN COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN

The Commission on the Status of Women examined policy, financing and implementation challenges this morning, as it held a panel discussion on one of its two thematic issues for the session, the eradication of poverty through women’s empowerment.

INSPIRATION FOR PEACE IN MIDEAST MUST COME FROM LEADERS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

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