Security Council

4494^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS ETHIOPIA/ERITREA MISSION UNTIL 15 SEPTEMBER,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1398 (2002)

SPECIAL ENVOY OF SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR MYANMAR TO VISIT YANGON, 19 - 22 MARCH

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

Mr. Razali Ismail, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Myanmar, will visit Yangon from 19 to 22 March 2002, to continue his effort to help facilitate the national reconciliation process in Myanmar.

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO HOLD FIFTY-EIGHTH SESSION

AT PALAIS DES NATIONS FROM 18 MARCH TO 26 APRIL

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 15 March (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights will hold its fifty-eighth session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from

18 March to 26 April 2002.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

52^nd Meeting (PM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT GENERAL ASSEMBLY AUTHORIZE ONLY PART

OF RESOURCES NEEDED FOR FOLLOW-UP TO DURBAN RACISM CONFERENCE

Approves Four Draft Texts on Financing

Of Special Political Missions, New Office Space at Addis Ababa

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

51^st Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DISCUSSION OF UNITED NATIONS FINANCIAL SITUATION

Citing Absence of Other Sources of Interim Financing,

Under-Secretary-General for Management Says Cross-Borrowing Likely to Continue

Security Council

4492^nd & 4493^rd Meetings* (AM & PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL, IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, ADOPTS AIDE-MEMOIRE IDENTIFYING

13 CORE OBJECTIVES FOR PROTECTING CIVILIANS IN ARMED CONFLICT

Humanitarian Affairs Under-Secretary-General Briefs Council,

Says Text Result of ‘Unprecedented Cooperation’ between Council, Secretariat

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-sixth Session

14^th Meeting* (PM)

WOMEN'S COMMISSION ADOPTS AGREED CONCLUSIONS ON POVERTY, NATURAL DISASTERS,

AS IT ADJOURNS FORTY-SIXTH SESSION

Fails to Act on Afghanistan Resolution

Round-up

UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS CONCLUDES FORTY-FIFTH SESSION

IN VIENNA, 11 - 15 MARCH

(Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 15 March (UN Information Service) -- Antonio Maria Costa, the

SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGES GOVERNMENTS, CIVIL SOCIETY TO ASSESS ACTION TAKEN

TO PROMOTE EQUALITY, DIVERSITY, TOLERANCE

New Ways Needed to Address Racism, Intolerance,

He Says in Message on Day to Eliminate Discrimination

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 21 March:

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-sixth Session

12^th Meeting* (AM)

COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN APPROVES THREE DRAFT RESOLUTIONS, TWO DECISIONS,

INCLUDING TEXTS ON ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINIAN WOMEN, WOMEN AND HIV/AIDS