CONVENTION ON PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS

TO ENTER INTO FORCE NEXT JULY

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 19 March (UN Information Service) -- The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families will enter into force on 1 July 2003, following Guatemala's ratification of the treaty last Friday.

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TREATY-SIGNING EVENT CONCLUDES AT UN HEADQUARTERS

Representatives of 48 States Affirm Support for Sustainable

Development-Related and Other Multilateral Legal Instruments

EUROPEAN UNION PRESENTS 16 INSTRUMENTS OF RATIFICATION

OF KYOTO PROTOCOL TO UNITED NATIONS

TREATY ON SUPPRESSION OF FINANCING OF TERRORISM COMES INTO FORCE

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

NEW YORK, 5 April -- A new and potentially powerful anti-terrorism measure, the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, will enter into force on 10 April 2002, having received more than the required

                                                            L/T/4365/Rev.1

WEEK-LONG TREATY-SIGNING EVENT CONCLUDES AT UN HEADQUARTERS

Representatives of 78 Countries Affirm Support

For Terrorism-Related and Other International Legal Instruments

The week-long series of treaty-signings at United Nations Headquarters, mainly of terrorism-related instruments, ended today.

There was a total of 175 treaty actions during the period in respect of

SIGNING CEREMONIES PAVE WAY FOR TWO TREATIES COMING INTO FORCE

United Nations Legal Instruments on Rights of Child,

Migratory Fish Conservation Reach Required Number of Supporters

Press Release
L/T/4347
WOM/1236

TENTH RATIFICATION OF WOMEN'S OPTIONAL PROTOCOL BRINGS INSTRUMENT INTO FORCE ON 22 DECEMBER

NEW YORK, 25 September -- With the ratification of Italy on 22 September, the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women has been ratified by 10 countries. It will enter into force on 22 December.

Press Release
L/T/4343
SOC/CP/213

UNITED NATIONS SPEARHEADING FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION

VIENNA, 2 January (UN Information Service) -- United Nations Member States, meeting in Vienna, unanimously advocated a new United Nations Convention against corruption.

Press Release
L/T/4342
PI/1216

NEW UNITED NATIONS TREATY TARGETS FINANCING OF TERRORISM

An anti-terrorism convention with a new focus -— targeting those who finance terrorism –— was opened for signature on 10 January at the United Nations in New York. By the end of the day, the Convention had been signed by seven countries: Finland; France; Malta; Netherlands; Sri Lanka; United Kingdom and the United States.