NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY ‘TRUE CORNERSTONE’ OF GLOBAL SECURITY,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERALON AGREEMENT’S THIRTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement on the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), issued in New York, 4 March:

Commission on the Status of Women

Forty-ninth Session

10^th Meeting (PM)

FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF 1995 BEIJING ACTION PLAN FOR WOMEN ESSENTIAL TO ACHIEVING

GLOBAL ANTI-POVERTY GOALS, WOMEN’S COMMISSION DECLARES

Consensus Adoption of Text Ends First Week

Of Session Aimed at Reviewing Progress towards Gender Equality

EXPERTON HUMAN RIGHTS IN DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA ENDS VISIT TO JAPAN

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 4 March (UN Information Service) -- The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Vitit Muntarbhorn, issued the following statement in Tokyo on 3 March at the end of his visit to Japan which started on 24 February:

UNODC, UNIDO JOIN FORCES TO FIGHT DRUG TRAFFICKING, IMPROVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

(Reissued as received.)

MEETING IN PARIS TO PLAN TSUNAMI EARLY-WARNING SYSTEM, 3-8 MARCH

 

(Delayed in transmission.)

GROUP OF GOVERNMENTAL EXPERTS ON CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS

 

TO MEET IN GENEVA FROM 7 TO 11 MARCH

 

(Reissued as received.)

UN Counter-Drugs Chief Calls on Private Sector

 

To Rebuild Regions Gutted by Drugs and Crime

 

(Reissued as received.)

Commission on the Status of Women

Forty-ninth Session

7^th & 8^th Meetings (AM & PM)

GENDER DISCRIMINATION’S DISASTROUS EFFECTS STARKLY ILLUSTRATED

BY HIV/AIDS PANDEMIC, WOMEN’S COMMISSION TOLD

Two Panel Discussions Explore Connections

Among Beijing Platform, Women’s Convention, Global Anti-Poverty Goals

Commission on Sustainable Development

Preparatory Meeting

8^th & 9^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SPEAKERS IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PREPARATORY MEETING STRESS NEED FOR GENDER

MAINSTREAMING, RESOURCE MOBILIZATION, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, CAPACITY-BUILDING

Role of Private Sector in Provision of Water, Sanitation Services Debated

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in London early in the morning of Tuesday, 1 March, where he addressed the London Conference in Support of the Palestinian Authority, convened by United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair.