Preparatory Committee for the

United Nations Conference on

 the Illicit Trade in Small Arms

 and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects

24^th Meeting (PM)

SMALL ARMS PREPARATORY COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT CONFERENCE AGENDA

CORRECTION

On page 2 of Press Release DC/2748 issued 18 January, the statement of Irena Mernik (Slovenia) should read, as follows:

Security Council

4259^th Meeting (AM & PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS ON HIV/AIDS AND PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS;

HEARS FROM PEACEKEEPING UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL, UNAIDS

Committee on the Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

492^nd Meeting (AM)

MONITORING BODY FOR WOMEN’S ANIT-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTIONS

TAKES UP REPORTS OF EGYPT

The monitoring body for the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women met this morning to begin its consideration of the third and combined fourth and fifth periodic reports of Egypt.

Committee on the Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

493^rd Meeting (PM)

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CONTINUES

CONSIDERATION OF EGYPT’S PERIODIC REPORTS

Committee on NGOs

774^th Meeting (AM)

Preparatory Committee for the

United Nations Conference on

 The Illicit Trade in Small Arms

 And Light Weapons in All Its Aspects

24^th Meeting (PM)

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

491^st Meeting (PM)

MONITORING BODY FOR WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT AFRICA-FRANCE SUMMIT, SAYS

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT NOT A LOST CAUSE

Focuses on Need for Improved Governance,

Education, as well as Debt Relief and Market Access

This is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Yaoundé, Cameroon, today to the Africa-France Summit:

Security Council                                      SC/6991*

                                                      SG/SM/7683/Rev.1*