The Government of Lithuania hoped to provide more details about what measures were currently being undertaken to improve the situation of women in that country in compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women, the Conventions monitoring body was told this morning.
The Preparatory Committee for the World Summit for Social Development and Beyond: Achieving Social Development for All in a Globalizing World completed the final item on its agenda by recommending accreditation for an additional 22 non-governmental organizations to the meeting.
The Secretary-General travelled overland from Amman, Jordan, to Israel in the morning of Wednesday, 21 June.
The Secretary-General flew to Amman from Beirut in the morning of Tuesday, 20 June.
Following is the joint statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the President of the International Olympic Committee, Juan Antonio Samaranch, on the occasion of Olympic Day, which is observed 23 June:
As the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) continued its review of special reports this morning, the representative of the Transnational Radical Party (TRP) denied that his organization was a political group and reminded the Committee that the Party did not support secessionism or overthrowing any government through violence.
Following is the message of the President of the General Assembly, Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia) on the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, which is observed 26 June:
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Committee Chairman Appeals for Assistance to Bethlehem 2000 Project
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