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Biographical Note                                     BIO/3348*

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-fifth Session

16^th Meeting (AM)* and Round-up

WOMEN’S COMMISSION SUSPENDS SESSION; ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON PALESTINIAN WOMEN,

HOSTAGE-TAKING, DISCRIMINATION IN AFGHANISTAN, AND GENDER MAINSTREAMING

Secretary-General Kofi Annan flew from Bangladesh to India on Thursday, 15 March.

ecretary-General Kofi Annan flew from Bangladesh to India on Thursday, 15 March.

VIOLENCE BY ALBANIAN EXTREMISTS THREAT TO REGIONAL SECURITY,

SECRETARY-GENERAL STATES

Following is the text of a statement issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES REGRET REGARDING DECISION OF HIGH COMMISSIONER

FOR HUMAN RIGHTS NOT TO SEEK SECOND TERM

Following is a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan regarding Ms. Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights:

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES PARTNERSHIPS TO ADDRESS DIGITAL DIVIDE

Following is the text of remarks made on Saturday, 17 March, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a Confederation of Indian Industry session on closing the digital divide in Hyderabad, India:

Let me first start by thanking you for the warm welcome you have extended to me, to my wife, and to my entire delegation.

Security Council

Resumed 4295^th Meeting (PM)

NEW WEB SITE SHOWS HOW UN’S WORK BENEFITS PEOPLE

A new Web site that shows how United Nations programmes and projects benefit people was launched today.

Designed and developed by the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI), the site is a cyber magazine which features up to 48 stories at any one time about men, women and children from all walks of life and from all parts of the world who have benefited in some way from the United Nations’ work.

Note to Correspondents                                Note No. 5656