Committee on NGOs

49^th Meeting (AM)

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THREE NGOS FOR SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS

WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-sixth Session

541^st and 542^nd Meetings (AM and PM)

COMMITTEE EXPERTS CASTIGATE SLOW PACE OF PROGRESS

TOWARDS GENDER EQUALITY IN URUGUAY

AFRICAN NGOS CREATE REGIONAL NETWORK TO IMPROVE INTERACTION WITH UNITED NATIONS

FIFTY-THIRD VOLUME OF UNITED NATIONS YEARBOOK PUBLISHED

COVERING ORGANIZATION’S MAJOR ACTIVITIES IN 1999

Committee on NGOs

47^th Meeting (AM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS UPGRADING OF CONSULTATIVE STATUS FOR FOUR ORGANIZATIONS

A Tunisian woman's organization and an information technologies organization were recommended for the broadest "general" consultative status with the Economic and Social Council this morning as the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) continued its resumed 2001 session by considering requests for reclassification.

Committee on NGOs

48^th Meeting (PM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ONE ORGANIZATION FOR GENERAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS

WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL, FOUR FOR SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS

UNITED NATIONS AND MEXICO TO SIGN HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT

ON INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION 1267 (1999)

CONCERNING AFGHANISTAN REMOVES FOUR ADDITIONAL ENTITIES FROM ITS LIST

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Tokyo in the afternoon of Sunday, 20 January, where he met with United States Secretary of State Colin Powell for a half-hour review of world issues, starting with Afghanistan.

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-sixth Session

539^th and 540^th Meetings (AM and PM)

COMMITTEE VOICES CONCERN OVER REVIVAL OF GENDER STEREOTYPES, HIGH ABORTION RATES,

AS ESTONIA REPORTS ON ITS IMPLEMENTATION OF ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION