Secretary-General Kofi Annan flew from Bangladesh to India on Thursday, 15 March.

Human Rights Committee

Seventy-first Session

1898^th Meeting (AM)

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE ELECTS OFFICERS, WILL CONSIDER REPORTS OF VENEZUELA,

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, UZBEKISTAN, CROATIA AND SYRIA DURING CURRENT SESSION

Preparatory Committee for the

United Nations Conference on

 The Illicit Trade in Small Arms

 And Light Weapons in All its Aspects

29^th Meeting (PM)

UN DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES BRIEF SMALL ARMS CONFERENCE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE;

GENERAL DISCUSSION BEGINS ON DRAFT ACTION PROGRAMME

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES PARTNERSHIPS TO ADDRESS DIGITAL DIVIDE

Following is the text of remarks made on Saturday, 17 March, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a Confederation of Indian Industry session on closing the digital divide in Hyderabad, India:

Let me first start by thanking you for the warm welcome you have extended to me, to my wife, and to my entire delegation.

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES REGRET REGARDING DECISION OF HIGH COMMISSIONER

FOR HUMAN RIGHTS NOT TO SEEK SECOND TERM

Following is a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan regarding Ms. Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights:

Human Rights Committee

1899^th Meeting (PM)

NEW VENEZUELAN CONSTITUTION REFLECTS LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

IN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW, COMMITTEE TOLD

Background Release

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO HOLD SEVENTY-FIRST SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS

FROM 19 MARCH TO 6 APRIL

Experts to Consider Reports of Venezuela,

Dominican Republic, Uzbekistan, Croatia and Syria

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-fifth Session

16^th Meeting (AM)* and Round-up

WOMEN’S COMMISSION SUSPENDS SESSION; ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON PALESTINIAN WOMEN,

HOSTAGE-TAKING, DISCRIMINATION IN AFGHANISTAN, AND GENDER MAINSTREAMING

ecretary-General Kofi Annan flew from Bangladesh to India on Thursday, 15 March.

Resumed Fifty-fifth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

48^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE DISCUSSES FINANCING OF ETHIOPIA-ERITREA MISSION

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this morning decided to defer consideration of a revised budget for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) until its May session, when financing of several peacekeeping missions is on its agenda.