Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

596^th Meeting (AM)

FEDERALISM IN SWITZERLAND NO HINDRANCE TO SOCIAL CHANGE,

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

Delegation Responds to Questions

Posed by Experts on Swiss Compliance with Convention

Committee on NGOs

37^th & 38^th Meetings (AM & PM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS NINE ORGANIZATIONS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS

WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

594^th & 595^th Meetings (AM & PM)                 

EXPERTS IN WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE EXPRESS CONCERN

AT DECLINE OF WOMEN’S SITUATION IN ALBANIA

Background Release

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT TO OPEN 2003 SESSION ON 20 JANUARY

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 16 January (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament, the world's sole multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, will open its 2003 session on Monday, 20 January, at the Palais des Nations.  The first public plenary will take place at 10 a.m. Tuesday, 21 January.

Security Council

4685^th Meeting (AM)

CLEAR INTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS SUPPORTS ‘ROAD MAP’ TOWARDS TWO-STATE

MIDDLE EAST SETTLEMENT, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Says

JOINT INSPECTION UNIT ELECTS CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 15 January (UN Information Service) -- At the first meeting of its winter 2003 session, on 14 January 2003, the Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) elected Inspector Armando Duque-González (Colombia) as its Chairman and Inspector Ion Gorita (Romania) as its Vice-Chairman for the current calendar year.

RENEWED EFFORTS NEEDED FOR SUCCESSFUL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS, SECRETARY-GENERAL

SAYS AT CEREMONY MARKING MOROCCO’S CHAIRMANSHIP OF GROUP OF 77

Also Cites Need For Cooperation

Between Developed, Developing Countries on Issue of Migration

Following is the text of remarks, as delivered, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the ceremony marking the turnover of the chairmanship of the “Group

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

592^nd and 593^rd Meetings (AM & PM)      

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE EXPERTS EXPRESS OPTIMISM NEW GOVERNMENT

OF KENYA WILL COUNTER PERSISTENT, TRADITIONAL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION

Committee on NGOs

35^th & 36^th Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMITTEE ON NGOS RECOMMENDS ONE ORGANIZATION FOR ROSTER CONSULTATIVE

STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Defers Consideration of Several NGOs;

Hears Report by Chief of Secretariat NGO Section

PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the press statement made today on the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Security Council President Jean-Marc de la Sablière: