Following are the remarks of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the third session of the Preparatory Committee for the General Assembly Special Session entitled "Women 2000 : Gender, Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty-first Century":
The Preparatory Committee for the 2001 United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects this afternoon elected 10 additional Vice-Chairmen and its Rapporteur.
Following is the text of the statement delivered today at Headquarters by Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia), President of the General Assembly, to the United Nations International School-United Nations 1999-2000 Students and Youth Conference:
The Security Council this afternoon, meeting independently, but concurrently with the General Assembly, elected Thomas Buergenthal (United States) a member of the International Court of Justice to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Judge Stephen Schwebel (United States), as of 29 February 2000.
Following is the statement of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the annual United Nations International School (UNIS)-United Nations Conference at Headquarters on 2 March:
Following is the statement made by the President of the General Assembly, Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia), at the plenary meeting on 2 March, concerning the floods in southern Africa:
HANOI, 2 March (Division for Palestinian Rights) -- On the second day of the Asian Meeting on the Question of Palestine, which is being held in Hanoi from 1 to 3 March, participants examined the theme The United Nations and the Question of Palestine in the political and economic and social areas.
