Committee on the Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

575^th & 576^th Meetings (AM & PM)

LANDMARK CONSTITUTION CREATES ENABLING ENVIRONMENT FOR WOMEN,

UGANDAN MINISTER TELLS COMMITTEE

Experts Urge Repeal of Remaining Legal Discrimination

Ad Hoc Committee on Convention

on Rights of Persons with Disabilities

20^th Meeting (PM)

AGREEING TO HOLD SECOND SESSION, COMMITTEE URGES IMPROVED ACCESS

FOR DISABLED TO UNITED NATIONS FACILITIES

Decision Stresses Importance of NGOs in Committee’s Work

LEGAL AND TECHNICAL COMMISSION AGREES ON NEXT STEP

IN STUDY OF SULPHIDES AND CRUSTS

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPLAUDS FOOTBALL TEAMS FOR SUPPORTING FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS

No One Is Safe from Epidemic, He Warns

Following are the remarks made by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the opening of Real Madrid v. Roma game to benefit the global fight against AIDS:

I’ll be very brief as I know you are in a hurry to watch the match.

CONSENSUS TRADITION CAN CONTRIBUTE TO CONFLICT RESOLUTION,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY MESSAGE

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the International Day of the World's Indigenous People, today, 9 August:

UNITED NATIONS, SOUTH AFRICA DISCUSS IMPLEMENTATION OF PRETORIA PEACE AGREEMENT

BETWEEN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO AND RWANDA

A team of South African experts is visiting New York for consultations with the Secretariat on the practical modalities of the Pretoria Agreement between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, signed on 30 July. 

SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES SECURITY COUNCIL FOLLOWING SIGNING

OF PEACE AGREEMENT BY DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, RWANDA

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council on 8 August concerning the signing of the Pretoria Agreement between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda:

I shall be brief this morning.

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

573^rd and 574^th Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMITTEE EXPERTS APPLAUD CZECH REPUBLIC'S POLITICAL WILL TO IMPLEMENT CONVENTION

ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN

Conditions Being Created for Equal Opportunities -- Deputy Minister

CONDEMNING COLOMBIA INAUGURATION KILLINGS, SECRETARY-GENERAL

APPEALS TO ALL ARMED ELEMENTS TO RESPECT CIVILIANS

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

Security Council

4596^th Meeting* (AM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS PRETORIA AGREEMENT AS POLITICAL MILESTONE

FOR PEACE IN CONGOLESE CONFLICT