STAFF UNION COMMITTEE MOURNS FALLEN IN ‘ANNUS HORRIBILIS’ 2003

NEW YORK, 8 January (UN Staff Union) -- The United Nations Staff Council Standing Committee on the Security and Independence of the International Civil Service mourns the many United Nations staff members who paid with their lives while serving the Organization in an “Annus Horribilis” marked by the horrific attack in Baghdad on 19 August.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN JANUARY 2004

The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in January, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings beginning in January

January

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Committee, Montreal

January-February

Summit on Staff Security

AM Meeting

THEME OF SIXTH SUMMIT ON STAFF SECURITY IS ‘AFTER BAGHDAD:

UN WORKERS UNDER THE GUN’

Speakers Call for Ratification of Convention on Protection of UN Staff,

Appropriate Investment in Security, Staff Involvement in Security Processes,

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN DECEMBER 2003

The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in December, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month:

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN NOVEMBER 2003

The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in November, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month:

UNITED NATIONS OVERSIGHT OFFICE REPORTS POTENTIAL SAVINGS

OF $37 MILLION IDENTIFIED IN WORK OF ORGANIZATION

Annual Survey for 12 Months from 1 July 2002 Describes

Impact on Accountability, Efficiency and Quality of Management

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN OCTOBER 2003

     The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in October, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month:

September/October

United Nations Staff Pension Committee (1 meeting), New York

2 September-19 December

MEMORY OF LOST COLLEAGUES WILL SPUR US ON, DIRECTOR-GENERAL SAYS AT INAUGURATION

OF GARDEN IN MEMORY OF VICTIMS OF BAGHDAD BOMBING

(Reissued as received.)

UN INTERNAL OVERSIGHT OPENS NEW INVESTIGATIONS OFFICE IN VIENNA

SWITZERLAND MAKES OFFER TO UNOG MODULAR SYSTEM FOR EXHIBITIONS, RESTORATION

OF FRESCOS IN DELEGATES’ SALON TO MARK ITS ENTRY TO UN

(Reissued as received.)