SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE CONCERNING AFGHANISTAN ADDS HUMANITARIAN

RELIEF PROVIDERS TO INITIAL LIST

In accordance with paragraph 12 and 16 (d) of resolution 1333 (2000), the Committee today approved the following organizations to be added to the initial list adopted by the Committee on 19 January (AFG/123; SC/6994).  The list will be updated as necessary. 

Resumed Fifty-fifth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

47^th Meeting (AM)

CLEAR, SOUND PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS NEEDED TO AVOID FINANCIAL CLAIMS

ON ORGANIZATION, BUDGET COMMITTEE TOLD

Security Council

4296^th Meeting (AM)

 and 4298^th Meeting* (Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR END TO ETHNIC VIOLENCE IN KOSOVO,

SUPPORT FOR EFFORT TOWARDS PROVINCE-WIDE ELECTIONS

Presidential Statement Also Welcomes Legal Framework Working Group;

Backgrounder

UN NARCOTICS COMMISSION TO REVIEW WORLD DRUG CONTROL ISSUES

Will Meet in Vienna from 20 to 29 March

(Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 16 March (UN Information Service) --  Two years after United Nations Member States pledged to achieve substantial reductions in drug abuse and illicit cultivation, the Commission on Narcotic Drugs will conduct its first progress review when it meets here starting Tuesday.

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR CONFERENCE ON ILLICIT SMALL ARMS TRADE

TO HOLD THIRD SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS 19 – 30 MARCH

Fifty-fifth General Assembly

Plenary

96^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON IAEA, ADDS AGENDA ITEM

ON SELECTION OF JUDGES FOR RWANDA TRIBUNAL

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-fifth Session

14^th Meeting (AM)*

WOMEN’S COMMISSION CONSIDERS DECISION ON HUMAN RIGHTS COMMUNICATIONS METHODS

AND IMPLEMENTATION OF BEIJING ACTION PLAN AND SPECIAL SESSION DOCUMENT

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL NOTES SPECIAL PROBLEMS POSED BY ETHNIC CONFLICTS,

IN OPENING REMARKS TO SEMINAR ON ALAND ISLANDS SETTLEMENT

Following are the remarks of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Frèchette to the seminar on “The Aland Islands as an Example for Peaceful Governance” in New York on 15 March:

BACKGROUND RELEASE

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO HOLD FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION

AT PALAIS DES NATIONS 19 MARCH - 27 APRIL

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 15 March (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights will hold its fifty-seventh session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 19 March to 27 April.

Security Council

4295^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL HEARS CALLS FOR END TO VIOLENCE IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES;

MANY SPEAKERS ALSO SUPPORT OBSERVER MISSION TO REGION