The Secretary-General arrived in Tokyo in the afternoon of Wednesday, 10 November.
Following are the remarks of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Frechette at the dinner opening the Meeting of Women Ministers of Justice, convened by the Council of Women World Leaders, in New York on 15 November:
A draft resolution on the future work of the Special Committee on the United Nations Charter, approved this morning by the Sixth Committee (Legal), would envisage a shorter than usual session for the Charter Committee.
No First Class or Second Class, Algeria Says; Iceland Describes Support System for Integrating Newcomers into Society
Social Committee Calls for Widespread Observance; Other Texts Seek Elimination of Religious Bias, Action Against Mercenary Activity
Following is the statement by the President of the General Assembly, Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia) at a luncheon for honourees of the 1999 Global Peace and Tolerance Lifetime Achievement Awards, delivered in his absence today by the Permanent Representative of Seychelles, Claude Morel:
Under-Secretary-General For Communications and Public Information Addresses Committee
NEW YORK, 15 November (UNFPA) -- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is shipping emergency reproductive health supplies, including equipment for the safe delivery of newborn infants, to victims of the cyclone in Orissa, India. The Fund is responding to a request for help from the state government of Orissa.
