Press Release

WOMEN REAL HEROES OF FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL,

AS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY OBSERVED AT HEADQUARTERS

It was among women that the real heroes of the war against HIV/AIDS were to be found, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said this morning at the annual Headquarters observance of International Women’s Day, which this year focused on women and HIV/AIDS.

ONLINE FORUM ON INTERNET GOVERNANCE LAUNCHED

SECRETARY-GENERAL, MARKING WOMEN’S DAY, HAILS HEROIC LEADERS OF FIGHT

AGAINST HIV/AIDS, URGING THEIR FURTHER EMPOWERMENT

Society’s Inequalities Put Women

At Unjust, Unconscionable, Untenable Risk, He Says

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks on International Women’s Day in New York today, 8 March:

ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY, SEVEN UN BODIES EXPRESS CALL FOR IMPROVED HEALTH,

LIVING CONDITIONS FOR PALESTINIAN WOMEN

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES DEADLY WEEKEND VIOLENCE IN MIDDLE EAST

Following is a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General strongly deplores the Israeli military raids that took place yesterday in a densely populated area of the Gaza Strip in which at least 14 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded.  The dead include several children.

GOVERNMENT EXPERTS OF STATES PARTIES TO WEAPONS CONVENTION

TO MEET IN GENEVA, 8 – 12 MARCH

(Reissued as received.)

Ad Hoc Committee on Jurisdictional                         

Immunities of States and Their Property                    

8^th Meeting (AM)

AD HOC COMMITTEE ADOPTS DRAFT CONVENTION ON JURISDICTIONAL IMMUNITIES

FOLLOWING MEETINGS IN MYANMAR, SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL ENVOY

STRESSES NEED FOR ALL PARTIES TO TURN OVER NEW PAGE

Following is a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

BLAIR AFRICA COMMISSION ‘A CHANCE TO MOVE FROM RHETORIC TO ACTION’

(Reissued as received.)

ADDIS ABABA, 4 March (ECA) -- The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) Executive Secretary, K.Y. Amoako, has said he believes the new Commission for Africa launched by British Prime Minister Tony Blair offers an opportunity to move from rhetoric to action.

Commission on the Status of Women                          

Forty-eighth Session