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

Security Council

5135^th Meeting (PM)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

34^th Meeting (AM)

PROCUREMENT REFORM, OUTSOURCING PRACTICES, PEACEKEEPING AIR SAFETY

VITAL TO CURRENT, FUTURE UN OPERATIONS, BUDGET COMMITTEE TOLD

Resumed Session Begins at Headquarters;

Capital Master Plan, Peacekeeping Finance, Among Other Issues on Agenda

SECRETARY-GENERAL, NOTING SYRIAN PRESIDENT’S SPEECH, DISPATCHES ENVOY

TO BEIRUT, DAMASCUS TO DISCUSS SECURITY COUNCIL Resolution 1559

 

The following statement was issued on Saturday, 5 March, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General took note of the speech delivered today in Damascus by the Syrian President, Dr. Bashar Al Assad, and will study it carefully.

Commission on the Status of Women

Forty-ninth Session

11^th & 12^th Meetings (AM & PM)

WOMEN CONTINUE TO FACE HOST OF PERSISTENT OBSTACLES TO ADVANCEMENT,

COMMISSION TOLD, AS HIGH-LEVEL DEBATE CONTINUES

Forty-Nine More Speakers Heard

In Review of Progress 10 Years after Beijing Conference

‘WE ARE NOT MOVING FAST ENOUGH’ TO DEAL WITH APPALLING SITUATION IN DARFUR,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, AFTER MEETING WITH SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement on Sudan, issued in New York, 7 March:

The members of the Security Council came to see me this morning, at my request, to discuss Sudan.