Press Release IK/370 REC/114 |
ESCWA POST-WAR MEETING ON IRAQ CONCLUDES; CALLS FOR A STRONGER UN ROLE
(Reissued as received.)
Press Release IK/370 REC/114 |
ESCWA POST-WAR MEETING ON IRAQ CONCLUDES; CALLS FOR A STRONGER UN ROLE
(Reissued as received.)
Press Release DSG/SM/202 ORG/1387 |
UN SYSTEM NEEDS PAY, BENEFITS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO IMPROVED PERFORMANCE,
DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
Following is the text of remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the International Civil Service Commission in New York today:
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the United Nations for the fifty-seventh session of the International Civil Service Commission.
Press Release ECOSOC/6074 |
ECOSOC HOLDS PANEL ON EFFECTS OF HIV/AIDS AND OTHER WIDESPREAD DISEASES
ON HUMANITARIAN RELIEF OPERATIONS
Panellists Stress That Prevention, Response to Disease Outbreak
Is Everyone’s Business And That Coordinated Relief Operations Save Lives
(Reissued as received.)
Press Release POP/870 |
WORLD POPULATION DAY 2003: ‘ONE BILLION ADOLESCENTS:
THE RIGHT TO HEALTH, INFORMATION AND SERVICES’
Press Release L/3044 |
Round-up of Session
UN COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW CONCLUDES THIRTY-SIXTH
SESSION IN VIENNA, 30 JUNE - 11 JULY 2003
Adopts New Model Legislation on Privately Financed Infrastructure Projects
(Reissued as received.)
Press Release AFR/663 IHA/787 |
AID AGENCIES STRUGGLE TO MEET NEEDS IN LIBERIA
[OCHA]
NEW YORK, 10 July (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- Despite the relative calm stemming from a tenuous ceasefire in Monrovia, aid workers are struggling to meet the needs of Liberians. Humanitarian agencies in Monrovia are constrained by an uncertain security environment coupled with shortages of both staff and supplies in the face of growing needs.
Press Release DC/2877 |
Meeting of States to Consider Action
Programme on Illicit Small Arms Trade
9th & 10th Meetings (AM & PM)
FIRST BIENNIAL MEETING OF STATES TO ASSESS HALT TO ILLICIT SMALL ARMS TRADE CONCLUDES, HAILS PROGRESS WORLDWIDE IN JUST TWO YEARS
Thematic Discussions End on Import/Export Controls, Illicit Brokering
Press Release AFG/225 POP/871 |
AFGHAN TEENS SPEAK OUT AGAINST EARLY MARRIAGE ON WORLD POPULATION DAY
(Reissued as received.)
KABUL, 10 July (UNFPA) -- “If my parents tried to force me to marry, I would refuse”, declared Zohal, 16, as her fellow students nodded in agreement. The Afghan teenagers had just heard government leaders say that early marriage closes girls’ educational prospects and threatens their health, in a forum marking World Population Day.
Press Release ECOSOC/6071 |
ECOSOC ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES;
MAKES RECOMMENDATION ON UNFPA PERSONNEL MATTERS
Begins Consideration of Special Economic,
Humanitarian and Disaster Relief Assistance
(Reissued as received.)
Press Release SC/7814 |
Security Council
4786th Meeting (AM)
SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF MULTINATIONAL STABILIZATION FORCE
IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA FOR ANOTHER YEAR
Resolution 1491 (2003) Adopted Unanimously
The Security Council this morning extended the mandate of the multinational stabilization force (SFOR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina for 12 months.