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Djibouti, Reporting for First Time to Women’s Anti-Discrimination Committee, Boasts Progress in Health, Education, Women’s Participation in Politics

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Djibouti, Reporting for First Time to Women’s Anti-Discrimination Committee, Boasts Progress in Health, Education, Women’s Participation in Politics

Ratification by Djibouti of the international women’s Convention in 1999 had sparked a transformation in Djibouti that had “changed the landscape of the country”, the head of the delegation and Minister of the Promotion of Women and Family Planning of Djibouti said today, as the State party appeared before the monitoring Committee for its first-ever periodic review of implementation.

Singapore Says Gender Equality Central to Country’s Promising Socio-Economic Growth, as Delegation Reports on Implementation of Women’s Convention

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Singapore Says Gender Equality Central to Country’s Promising Socio-Economic Growth, as Delegation Reports on Implementation of Women’s Convention

Singapore’s delegation to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women asserted today that gender equality was central to the country’s burgeoning socio-economic growth and responded to the Committee’s concerns over trafficking in persons, reservations to the women’s Convention, reinforced stereotypes and other issues, as it presented its latest periodic report.

United Nations Disarmament Conference to Discuss Actions towards Nuclear-Weapon-Free World, in Matsumoto, Japan, 27-29 July

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United Nations Disarmament Conference to Discuss Actions towards Nuclear-Weapon-Free World, in Matsumoto, Japan, 27-29 July

The twenty-third United Nations Conference on Disarmament Issues will be held in Matsumoto, Japan, from 27 to 29 July. Hosted by the Government of Japan and the City of Matsumoto, the Conference is organized by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs through its Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific.

Secretary-General Tells Emergency Meeting on Horn of Africa that Short-Term Relief Must Be Linked to Building Long-Term Sustainability

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Secretary-General Tells Emergency Meeting on Horn of Africa that Short-Term Relief Must Be Linked to Building Long-Term Sustainability

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Valerie Amos, Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, to the Emergency Ministerial Meeting on the Horn of Africa, in Rome today, 25 July:
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