SEMINAR ON SECURITY SECTOR REFORM EMPHASIZES DEMOCRATIC CIVILIAN CONTROL

(Reissued as received.)

SWITCH TO UNLEADED FUEL ‘IN SIGHT’ FOR AFRICA, ACCORDING TO NEW

UN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME REPORT

NAIROBI, 22 January (UNEP) -- An international effort to phase out lead, the health-hazardous heavy metal, from petrol is accelerating as increasing numbers of African countries switch to unleaded fuel.

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT OPENS 2003 SESSION, HEARS MESSAGE

FROM SECRETARY-GENERAL URGING END TO IMPASSE

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GENEVA, 21 January (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament began its 2003 session this morning, urged by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan to "redouble its efforts to overcome its current impasse" and resume substantive work.

REVITALIZING CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT REQUIRES RENEWED POLITICAL WILL,

DETERMINATION, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the twenty-fifth session of the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, delivered today by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva:

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TAKES UP EL SALVADOR’S REPORTS,

COMMENDS COUNTRY’S CREATION OF INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN

Experts Also Note Lack of Women in Key International Posts

            AFR/545

            AIDS/49

            IHA/750

            21 January 2003

HEADS OF MAJOR HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES CALL FOR ACTION TO ADDRESS

SOUTHERN AFRICA’S HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

Committee on NGOs

43^rd & 44^th Meetings (AM & PM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS FOUR ORGANIZATIONS FOR SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS

WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

NORWAY CALLED ‘HAVEN FOR GENDER EQUALITY’, AS WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION

COMMITTEE EXAMINES REPORTS ON COMPLIANCE WITH CONVENTION

But Concerns Expressed Regarding Inequalities

In Economic Decision-Making, Violence Against Women, Rights of Immigrant Women

MENACE OF TERRORISM REQUIRES GLOBAL RESPONSE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL,

STRESSING IMPORTANCE OF INCREASED UNITED NATIONS ROLE

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the 20 January Security Council ministerial meeting on terrorism:

Committee on NGOs

41^st & 42^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 2 ORGANIZATIONS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS

WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL