Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

36^th Meeting (AM)

EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR JAN EGELAND CONCLUDES TRIP TO SUDAN;

SAYS 2005 COUNTRY’S ‘MAKE OR BREAK YEAR’

 

KHARTOUM, 8 March (OCHA) -- United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland today completed a four-day tour of the Sudan, including visits to return to areas in South Sudan, internally displaced persons camps and conflict-affected locations in Darfur and meetings with authorities in Khartoum.

UNITED NATIONS STANDING ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON SECURITY QUESTIONS IN CENTRAL AFRICA

TO HOLD 22nd MINISTERIAL MEETING 14 - 18 MARCH IN BRAZZAVILLE

 

Observance of International

 Women’s Day

AS RESULT OF BEIJING CONFERENCE, WORLD HAS RECOGNIZED CRITICAL IMPORTANCE of gender

 

UN INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON QUESTION OF PALESTINE

 

HEARS LEGAL ANALYSIS OF ADVISORY OPINION OF ICJ

(Reissued as received.)

UN MUST LIVE UP TO OWN CHARTER PRINCIPLES ON EQUAL RIGHTS FOR MEN, WOMEN,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN REMARKS AT HEADQUARTERS WOMEN’S DAY EVENT

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the International Women’s Day event hosted by the Group on Equal Rights for Women in the United Nations, to honour the Manager of the Year, in New York, 8 March:

Thank you, Madam President, for those kind words.

FAO COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES DEBATES MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES, OLD AND NEW

 

Marine-Protected Areas, Deep-Sea Fishing, Tsunami Relief on Agenda

(Reissued as received.)

ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN DESERVES ‘COLLECTIVE ACTION’, SAYS

 

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

 

Following is the message of Jean Ping (Gabon), President of the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly, on the occasion of International Women’s Day, observed 8 March:

Commission on the Status of Women

Forty-ninth Session

13^th & 14^th Meetings (PM)

WOMEN’S COMMISSION HEARS INTRODUCTION OF EIGHT DRAFT RESOLUTIONS;

DISCUSSES CHALLENGES TO GENDER-RELATED STATISTICS, INDICATORS

Drafts Address Women’s Economic Advancement, Disaster Recovery, INSTRAW,

Trafficking, AIDS, Discriminatory Laws, Gender Mainstreaming, Palestinian Women

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

35^th Meeting (AM)

UN STRATEGY FOR INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

 

AMONG ISSUES TAKEN UP BY BUDGET COMMITTEE

 

Facilities for Economic Commission for Africa, Work of Liaison

Offices, Report of UN Fund for International Partnerships Also Discussed