ADDRESSING SECURITY COUNCIL, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SUGGESTS NATIONAL

RECONCILIATION, ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ATROCITIES BE IN UN MANDATES

Following is the statement delivered today by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the open meeting of the Security Council on the situation in Africa:

ADVISORY BOARD ON DISARMAMENT MATTERS TO HOLD THIRTY-EIGHTH SESSION

FROM 30 JANUARY TO 1 FEBRUARY

Public Symposium on Biological Weapons to Be Held at 11:30 a.m., 30 January

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-sixth Session

547^th Meeting (AM)

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN

CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO REPORT

Security Council

4460^th Meeting* (AM & PM)

AFRICA READY TO UNDO PAST ERRORS AND CONFRONT TRUTH,

NO MATTER HOW PAINFUL, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Council Hears 37 Speakers in Day-long Meeting on Africa

                                                            DSG/SM/148/Rev.1*

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

56^th Meeting (AM)

‘NOW IS THE TIME FOR ACTION’, HUMAN RIGHTS HIGH COMMISSIONER TELLS

THIRD COMMITTEE, AS IT TAKES UP RACISM CONFERENCE REPORT

Following is the text of this afternoon’s press statement on Madagascar by the President of the Security Council, Jagdish Koonjul (Mauritius):

Members of the Security Council expressed concern over the situation of unrest prevailing in Madagascar and the potential for undermining peace and stability in that country in particular and the region as a whole.
 

Commission on Sustainable Development

Acting as the Preparatory Committee for

 World Summit on Sustainable Development       

2^nd Meeting (PM)

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE

HEARS PRESENTATIONS ON REGIONAL PREPARATIONS

INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF ECOTOURISM 2002 LAUNCHED

AT HEADQUARTERS EVENT

As more and more people left their beaten paths in search of new experiences, the devastating effects of natural tourism on the environment must be minimized, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette said this morning, at a special event marking the launch of the International Year of Ecotourism. 

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL REVIEWS DANGERS, POTENTIAL REWARDS OF ECOTOURSIM

Following is the address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the launching ceremony of the International Year of Ecotourism: