CONFERENCE ON FACILITATING ENTRY INTO FORCE OF COMPREHENSIVE

NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY AT HEADQUARTERS, 25-27 SEPTEMBER

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-fifth Session

7^th Meeting (AM)

COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN CONSIDERS SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REPORT

ON REFORMING HUMAN RIGHTS COMMUNICATIONS PROCEDURES

Continuing its forty-fifth session this morning, the Commission on the Status of Women considered the report of the Secretary-General assessing the implications of reforming human rights communications procedures concerning the status of women.

Preparatory Commission for

International Criminal Court

29^th Meeting (PM)

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT PREPARATORY COMMISSION CONCLUDES SEVENTH SESSION

The Preparatory Commission for the International Criminal Court this afternoon concluded its seventh session, having made progress in negotiations on additional instruments relating to the practical arrangements for the effective functioning of the future Court.

Fifty-fifth General Assembly

Plenary

94^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ‘APPALLED’ BY EDICT ON DESTRUCTION OF AFGHAN SHRINES;

STRONGLY URGES TALIBAN TO HALT IMPLEMENTATION

The General Assembly this morning, appalled by the 26 February edict of Afghanistan’s Taliban ordering the destruction of all statues and non-Islamic shrines in the country, strongly urged the Taliban to halt its implementation.

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-fifth Session

6^th Meeting (PM)

COMMISSION PANEL ON WOMEN AND AIDS DISCUSSES RELATIONS BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN,

NEED FOR TREATMENT ACCESS, AND QUESTION OF AIDS TESTING

During an expert panel discussion this afternoon on “Women, Girls and HIV/AIDS”, the Commission on the Status of Women was told that the disease was a relational issue and thus a gender and human security issue.

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-fifth Session

5^th Meeting (AM)

RESOURCE MOBILIZATION AND RESOLUTION OF DEBT PROBLEM AMONG ACTIONS NEEDED

TO IMPROVE STATUS OF WOMEN, COMMISSION TOLD

Commission for Social Development

Thirty-ninth Session

3^rd Meeting (AM)

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR SOCIAL PROTECTION RESTS WITH GOVERNMENTS,

S0CIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TOLD

CORRECTION

On page 8 of Press Release SOC/4599 issued 14 February, the statement of the representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) should read, as follows:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED AT RAPIDLY DETERIORATING

FLOOD SITUATION IN MOZAMBIQUE

Appeals to Governments and Private Sector to Respond Urgently

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

Security Council

4291^st Meeting (PM)

UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES ASKS SECURITY COUNCIL

TO STRENGTHEN MISSION IN SIERRA LEONE

STATEMENT TO PRESS BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

ON OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

Following is the text of a statement to the press by Security Council President Volodymyr Yel’chenko (Ukraine), on the occasion of International Women’s Day (8 March 2001):