UNEP AND IAEA EXPLORING DEPLETED URANIUM MISSIONS

TO BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, YUGOSLAVIA AND IRAQ

Committee on the Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

498^th & 499^th Meetings (AM & PM)

MONITORING COMMITTEE FOR WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION

CONSIDERS REPORT OF MALDIVES

UN DRUG REPORT SEES HOPE ON HORIZON

(Delayed in transmission.)

VIENNA, 22 January (UN Information Service) -- The global drug problem -- often characterized as hopeless -- is neither unstoppable nor irreversible, according to the United Nations new World Drug Report.

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES ‘REMARKABLE PARTNERSHIP’ BETWEEN UN, JAPAN

AT OPENING OF UN HOUSE IN TOKYO

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the opening of UN House in Tokyo on 24 January:

Committee on NGOs                                     NGO/398

Committee on NGOs

782^nd Meeting (AM)

COMMITTEE ON NGOS DISCUSSES PROCEDURES FOR PREVIOUSLY ACCREDITED

ORGANIZATIONS REQUESTING EXPANSION IN PARTICIPATION STATUS

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT OPENS 2001 SESSION

Secretary-General Urges Conference

To Take Firm Action to Reach Consensus on Work Programme

(Reissued as received.)

Committee on the Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

497^th Meeting (PM)

Committee on the Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

496^th Meeting (AM)

CIVIL WAR, PERSISTENCE OF STEREOTYPES HINDER IMPLEMENTATION

OF WOMEN’S CONVENTION IN BURUNDI, COMMITTEE TOLD

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning heard replies of the Government of Burundi on its initial report (document CEDAW/C/BDI/1), which was first introduced last week.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in China on Saturday, 20 January.