TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN MARCH 2005

 

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

Meetings continued from previous month:

24 January-1 April

Conference on Disarmament, first part, Geneva

SOME 36 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE FACE SERIOUS FOOD SHORTAGES, SAYS FAO REPORT

Conflicts, Bad Weather Cause African Food Problems

(Reissued as received.)

MEDIA EXECUTIVES JOIN FORCES TO FIGHT AIDS AT MIPTV

 

NEW YORK, 28 February 2005 -- At the invitation of United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, chief executive officers from leading international media companies will meet in Cannes, France, as part of the UN-backed Global Media AIDS Initiative (GMAI).  The high-level event will take place on 12 April during MIPTV, the world’s audiovisual and digital content market.

PEACEKEEPING SPECIAL COMMITTEE CONCLUDES 2005 SESSION, WITH REPORT

NOTING UNPRECEDENTED INCREASE IN OPERATIONS

 

Commission on Sustainable Development

Preparatory Meeting

1^st & 2^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

INTERGOVERNMENTAL PREPARATORY MEETING OF COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

CONSIDERS WAYS TO SPEED UP ACCESS TO SAFE WATER, SANITATION, HOUSING

Meeting to Lay Groundwork

For Commission’s First-Ever Policy Segment Set for 11-22 April

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

 

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN MARCH

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for March:

Security Council

SECRETARY-GENERAL DELIGHTED BY WILLINGNESS OF SUPACHAI PANITCHPAKDI

 

TO SERVE AS HEAD OF UNCTAD

 

Following is the text of a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

I am absolutely delighted that Supachai Panitchpakdi has agreed that I should propose his appointment as the next Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN THE MOST EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT TOOL,

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN

 

Calls on International Community to Promote Gender Equality and Invest in Women

Following are the remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at today’s opening of the forty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women marking Beijing +10:

Thank you very much, Madame President,

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON TERRORIST ATTACK IN ISRAEL

Following is today’s statement to the press by Security Council President Joel W. Adechi (Benin):

Members of the Security Council condemn in the strongest possible terms Friday’s terrorist attack in Tel Aviv by a suicide bomber, which killed or wounded dozens of innocent Israelis, and offer its deepest sympathy to the victims, their families, and the Israeli people.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES DESIGNATION OF INTERIM HEAD OF STATE OF TOGO

The following statement was issued on 25 February by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: