INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY OBSERVED AT HEADQUARTERS WITH EVENT

ON THEME ‘WOMEN AND PEACE: WOMEN MANAGING CONFLICTS’

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY STATEMENT BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT

Following is the text of a statement made today by the President of the General Assembly, Harri Holkeri (Finland), on the occasion of International Women’s Day (8 March 2001):

The theme for this year’s celebration of International Women’s Day is very timely:  Women managing conflict.

Economic and Social Council

2001 Organizational Session

3^rd Meeting (AM)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSAL

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6:30 p.m. (EST) Thursday, 8 March

DESPITE CONTRIBUTION TO PEACE, 'WOMEN ARE ALL TOO OFTEN ABSENT OR POORLY

REPRESENTED IN FORMAL PEACE TALKS', DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the Millennium Peace Prize Dinner in New York on 8 March:

WOMEN CAN BE POWERFUL FORCE FOR PEACE AND RECONCILIATION AND MUST BE INTEGRATED

MORE EFFECTIVELY IN PEACE PROCESSES WORLDWIDE, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the text of remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette delivered today at the “Women and Peace” panel at United Nations Headquarters on the occasion of International Women’s Day:

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE, ESTABLISHED BY RESOLUTION 1267 (1999)

CONCERNING AFGHANISTAN, ISSUES CONSOLIDATED LIST

As per paragraph 4(b) of resolution 1267 (1999), the following is an approved consolidated list of entities and/or persons that have so far been identified by the Committee based on information provided by Member States:

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-fifth Session

4^th Meeting (PM)

COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN CONSIDERS WORK PROGRAMME

FOR PERIOD 2002-2006

The Commission on the Status of Women met this afternoon and considered a draft proposal on its multi-year programme of work for the period 2002-2006 entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”.

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-fifth Session

3^rd Meeting (AM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL CITES SECURITY COUNCIL’S ‘CRISIS OF CREDIBILITY’

AS COUNCIL MEETS TO FOLLOW UP 2000 SUMMIT DECLARATION

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council, as it met today in New York to follow up on its 7 September 2000 Summit:

Security Council

4289^th & 4290^th Meetings (Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL, IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, CONDEMNS VIOLENCE BY ETHNIC

ALBANIAN EXTREMISTS IN FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

Foreign Minister of Former Yugoslav Republic Briefs Council