Commission on Status of Women

Forty-seventh Session

5^th & 6^th Meetings (AM & PM)

WOMEN’S SOCIAL, ECONOMIC INEQUALITY LEADS TO TRAFFICKING, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,

EXPLOITATION, SAY SPEAKERS IN WOMEN’S COMMISSION

Note Women Represent ‘Staggering’ 70 Per Cent of Those in Poverty;

Why Is Most Dangerous Place for a Women Her Own Home? Delegate Asks

PRESS STATEMENT ON GUINEA-BISSAU BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the statement to the press on Guinea-Bissau, delivered today by Security Council President Mamady Traoré (Guinea):

Members of the Security Council heard a briefing by David Stephen, Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation in Guinea-Bissau.

UNITED NATIONS ASSISTS CHINA AFTER LETHAL EARTHQUAKE

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee (Resumed)

41^st Meeting (AM)                   

NEED FOR TRANSPARENCY, FAIRNESS, INDEPENDENCE IN UNITED NATIONS

ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE HIGHLIGHTED IN FIFTH COMMITTEE

SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEASED WITH SECURITY COUNCIL SUPPORT

FOR HIS EFFORTS TO ASSIST PARTIES IN CYPRUS

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General was pleased with the support he received in the Security Council yesterday for his efforts to assist the parties in Cyprus reach a comprehensive settlement.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee (Resumed)

40^th Meeting (AM)

GROWING DISPARITY CITED BETWEEN RESOURCES AND INCREASING WORKLOAD IN UNITED NATIONS

HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE, AS FIFTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES RESUMED SESSION

Scale of Budget Assessments, Information and Communications

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-seventh Session

4^th Meeting (PM)

NATIONAL LEGISLATION, GOVERNMENT BODIES AIMED AT PROMOTING GENDER

EQUALITY FOCUS OF WOMEN’S COMMISSION ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSION

Speakers Highlight Laws Targeting Harmful Cultural Practices,

Describe Creation of Ministries Dedicated to Women’s Rights, Development

HUMAN COMMUNITY SHOULD BE LINKED IN COMMON EFFORT TO PROTECT, SHARE WATER EQUITABLY, SUSTAINABLY, PEACEFULLY SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL ON WORLD DAY

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on World Water Day, which is observed 22 March:

WORLD AGRICULTURE TOWARDS 2030 -– FINAL STUDY PUBLISHED

Growth in Food Production Will Be Higher Than Population Growth

ROME, 4 March (FAO) -- The world's population will be better fed by 2030, but hundreds of millions of people in developing countries will remain chronically hungry.

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ACCESS LIMITATIONS IN ANGOLA PLACE314,000 IN CRITICAL NEED

      NEW YORK,4 March (OCHA) --The United Nations Office for the Coordina tion of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Angola, where the United Nations runs one of the largest relief operations in the world, reports that the needs of some