Special Committee on

Peacekeeping Operations

172^nd & 173^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

RAPID RESPONSE BY UN KEY TO SAVING LIVES AND REDUCING COSTS, SPEAKERS STRESS

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-seventh Session

3^rd Meeting (AM)

BREAKING SILENCE, STRENGTHENING LEGISLATION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, TRAFFICKING

IN WOMEN KEY ISSUES FOR WOMEN’S COMMISSION PANEL

INDIAN SOLAR MARKET ADVANCES WITH NEW FINANCE FROM UNEP AND BANKS

(Reissued as received.)

BANGALORE/PARIS, 4 March, (UNEP) -- A major new $7.6 million initiative was launched today between the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and two of India's largest banking groups to help 18,000 southern Indian households finance clean and reliable electricity from solar power.

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION OPENS

SIXTY-SECOND SESSION AT PALAIS DES NATIONS

Hears Address by High Commissioner for Human Rights

(Reissued as received.)

Special Committee on

Peacekeeping Operations

170^th and 171^st Meetings (AM & PM)

PROVISION OF WELL-EQUIPPED, TRAINED AND DISCIPLINED PERSONNEL RESPONSIBILITY

OF ALL MEMBER STATES, PEACEKEEPING COMMITTEE TOLD

STRONG SUPPORT FOR FIRMER ACTION AGAINST ILLEGAL,

UNREPORTED AND UNREGULATED FISHING

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 3 March (Food and Agriculture Organization) -- The fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) goes on unabated.

WHO/FAO RELEASE INDEPENDENT EXPERT REPORT ON DIET AND CHRONIC DISEASE

Less Saturated Fats, Sugar and Salt; More Fruit, Vegetables, Physical

Exercise Needed to Counter Cardiovascular Diseases, Cancer, Diabetes, Obesity

(Reissued as received; delayed due to embargo.)

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee (Resumed)

39^th Meeting (AM)

NEED FOR INCENTIVES FOR TIMELY PAYMENT OF BUDGETARY CONTRIBUTIONS STRESSED,

AS FIFTH COMMITTEE BEGINS FIRST RESUMED SESSSION

Also Considers Sexual Exploitation of Refugees,

TheUnited Nations, OSCE TO HOLD Conference on Illicit Trade in Small Arms

AND LIGHT Weapons in South-Eastern Europe, 11-12 MARCH, IN SLOVENIA

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