Press Release

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                                       

FIFTY-FIRST SESSION OF UNCC GOVERNING COUNCIL TO BE HELD FROM 9 TO 11 MARCH

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 5 March (UN Information Service) -- The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its fifty-first session from 9 to 11 March 2004 under the Presidency of Ambassador Michael Steiner (Germany).

PRESS STATEMENT ON HAITI BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the press statement on Haiti delivered by Security Council President Jean-Marc de la Sablière (France):

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COMMITTEE ON MIGRANT WORKERS’ RIGHTS ENDS FIRST SESSION

Calls for Greater Ratification of Migrants Treaty

SECRETARY-GENERAL, MEETING ARAB JOURNALISTS, STRESSES IMPORTANCE

OF MAKING MIDDLE EAST OPINION UNDERSTAND UN ACTIONS

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks to senior Arab journalists today in New York:

I'm sorry it's a little late to welcome you to United Nations Headquarters, since you’re nearly at the end of your week here.  All the same, I do want to welcome you all very warmly. 

UNITED STATES OUTLINES NEW US POLICY ON LANDMINES

TO CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT

President of Conference Invites Participants to Informal

Open-Ended Consultations on Programme of Work on Tuesday, 9 March

Commission on the Status of Women                          

Forty-eight Session                                        

Security Council                                           

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