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,

AFRICAN CINEMA CAN HELP MOBILIZE RESOURCES, ENERGY NEEDED TO REACH

MILLENNIUM GOALS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the message by Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan to the eighteenth Pan-African Film and Television Festival in Ouagadougou,Burkina Faso (22 February -- 3 March):

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘VERY SATISFIED’ WITH OUTCOME OF MISSION RELATING TO CYPRUS SETTLEMENT; SAYS PLAN FOR SETTLEMENT IS ‘FAIR AND BALANCED’

      The following statement was issued today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Larnaca, Cyprus:

GENEVA PREPARATORY MEETING FOR INFORMATION SOCIETY SUMMIT CONCLUDES,

UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON ADEQUATE HOUSING TO VISIT PERU

The Special Rapporteur on adequate housing of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Miloon Kothari, will visit Peru starting next week at the invitation of the Government.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN MARCH 2003

The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in March, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month:

3 January-December      Military Staff Committee, New York

Background Release

WOMEN’S COMMISSION WILL HOLD 47^TH SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS 3-14 MARCH;

FOCUS:  WOMEN AND MEDIA; VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

The Commission on the Status of Women will hold its forty-seventh session from 3 to 14 March at Headquarters, focusing on two thematic issues -- women and the media and violence against women.