Commission for Social Development

Acting as Preparatory Committee for

 Second World Assembly on Ageing

2^nd Meeting (PM)

IN WAKE OF GREAT ADVANCES IN PROLONGING LIFE, RESPECT FOR LIFE HAS BEEN LOST,

PREPARATORY MEETING FOR SECOND AGEING ASSEMBLY TOLD

Commission for Social Development

Acting as Preparatory Committee for

 Second World Assembly on Ageing

1^st Meeting (AM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES ON DEATH

OF GREAT AUSTRALIAN CRICKET PLAYER

Following is the text of a statement made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the death of Australian cricketer, Sir Donald Bradman:

DAILY LIFE FOR MAJORITY OF WORLD’S WOMEN REMAINS DIFFICULT STRUGGLE,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on International Women’s Day, which is observed 8 March:

OUTER SPACE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE

CONCLUDES THIRTY-EIGHTH SESSION IN VIENNA

Discusses Implementation of UNISPACE III Recommendations,

Applications of Satellite Remote Sensing of Earth and Space Debris

Preparatory Commission for

International Criminal Court

27^th Meeting (AM)

PREPARATORY COMMISSION FOR INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

OPENS SEVENTH SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS

The Preparatory Commission for the International Criminal Court began its seventh session at Headquarters this morning, with the Commission Chairman announcing that 139 States had signed the Rome Statute of the Court and 29 had ratified it.

Meeting of States Parties for

Convention on Rights of Child

15^th & 16^th Meetings (AM & PM)

STATES PARTIES TO 1989 CONVENTION ON RIGHTS OF CHILD ELECT

FIVE MEMBERS TO CONVENTION'S MONITORING BODY

Also Elect Chairperson, Three Vice-Chairs for Eighth Meeting

FINAL PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR ‘ISTANBUL +5’ CONCLUDES IN NAIROBI;

APPROVES DRAFT DECLARATION, DRAFT REPORT, ACCREDITATION PROCEDURES

Fifty-fifth General Assembly

Plenary

93^rd Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES LIST OF CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPANTS

FOR JUNE HIV/AIDS SPECIAL SESSION

The General Assembly this afternoon approved a list of 112 civil society organizations seeking accreditation to its special session on HIV/AIDS and to its preparatory process.

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