Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-sixth Session

545^th & 546^th Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMITTEE EXPERTS URGE SRI LANKA TO TAKE ‘SPECIAL TEMPORARY MEASURES’

TO ADVANCE DE FACTO EQUALITY BETWEEN WOMEN, MEN

Concerns Expressed on Levels of Violence Suffered by Sri Lankan Women

Ad Hoc Committee on Assembly

Resolution 51/210

Sixth Session

23^rd Meeting (PM)

AD HOC COMMITTEE ON TERRORISM TO NEGOTIATE DIFFERENCE ON COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION,

NUCLEAR TERRORISM TREATY IN INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS

The Ad Hoc Committee on Measures to Eliminate Terrorism met briefly this afternoon to formally adopt the programme of work for its sixth session which began this morning and ends on 1 February.

The Secretary-General arrived in Tehran from Afghanistan in the evening of Friday, 25 January 2002.

Ad Hoc Committee on Assembly

Resolution 51/210

Sixth Session

22^nd Meeting (AM)

POLITICAL WILL, COMPROMISE NEEDED TO BRIDGE DIVIDE ON REMAINING CONVENTION

PROVISIONS, ANTI-TERRORISM COMMITTEE TOLD AS IT BEGINS SESSION

Preparatory Committee for the

International Conference

 on Financing for Development

5^th Meeting (PM)

PREPARATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT:

NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE ON FINAL ‘MONTERREY CONSENSUS’

                                                            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.