While African women produced 80 per cent of the food on the continent, they had a right to less than 1 per cent of the land, the Commission on the Status of Women was told this morning as it began the first of two panel discussions on emerging trends affecting women.
NEW YORK, 29 February (UNU) -- The United Nations University will host a one day seminar devoted to The Kosovo Crisis and the International Community on Tuesday, 21 March 2000, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 to 6 p.m. in Conference Room C at United Nations Headquarters.
The Secretary-General flew from Sydney, Australia, to Wellington, New Zealand, arriving close to midnight on Tuesday, 22 February.
Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the United Nations Asian Meeting on the Question of Palestine, delivered on his behalf by Adrianus Mooy, Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), in Hanoi, Viet Nam, on 1 March:
The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The representative of Sierra Leone this morning called for a ban on the sale of small arms and light weapons to countries sharing contiguous borders with areas of conflicts, as the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons concluded it general debate .
CORRECTION
On page 4 of Press Release DC/2681 issued 28 February, the statement of the representative of Algeria should read, as follows:
(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)
Clifford Sibusiso Mamba, the new Permanent Representative of Swaziland, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan today.
(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)
Wang Yingfan, the new Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan today.
