Commission on Status of Women

Forty-fifth Session

11^th Meeting (AM)

GENDER PERSPECTIVE NEEDED IN DEVELOPMENT OF POLICIES TO COUNTER

RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN TOLD

CORRECTION

On page 8 of Press Release WOM/1278 of 13 March, the name of the representative of Israel speaking in right of reply should be Ron Adam.  His statement should read as follows:

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-fifth Session

11^th Meeting (AM)

GENDER PERSPECTIVE NEEDED IN DEVELOPMENT OF POLICIES TO COUNTER

RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN TOLD

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-fifth Session

10^th Meeting (PM)

COMMISSION HEARS INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTIONS ON HOSTAGE-TAKING, PALESTINIAN WOMEN,

HIV/AIDS, DISCRIMINATION IN AFGHANISTAN AND GENDER MAINSTREAMING

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-fifth Session

9^th Meeting* (AM)

OPEN COMMUNICATION AND ADVOCACY NEEDED TO OVERCOME HIV/AIDS PANDEMIC,

COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN TOLD

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-fifth Session

7^th Meeting (AM)

COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN CONSIDERS SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REPORT

ON REFORMING HUMAN RIGHTS COMMUNICATIONS PROCEDURES

Continuing its forty-fifth session this morning, the Commission on the Status of Women considered the report of the Secretary-General assessing the implications of reforming human rights communications procedures concerning the status of women.

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-fifth Session

5^th Meeting (AM)

RESOURCE MOBILIZATION AND RESOLUTION OF DEBT PROBLEM AMONG ACTIONS NEEDED

TO IMPROVE STATUS OF WOMEN, COMMISSION TOLD

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-fifth Session

6^th Meeting (PM)

COMMISSION PANEL ON WOMEN AND AIDS DISCUSSES RELATIONS BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN,

NEED FOR TREATMENT ACCESS, AND QUESTION OF AIDS TESTING

During an expert panel discussion this afternoon on “Women, Girls and HIV/AIDS”, the Commission on the Status of Women was told that the disease was a relational issue and thus a gender and human security issue.

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-fifth Session

4^th Meeting (PM)

COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN CONSIDERS WORK PROGRAMME

FOR PERIOD 2002-2006

The Commission on the Status of Women met this afternoon and considered a draft proposal on its multi-year programme of work for the period 2002-2006 entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”.

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-fifth Session

3^rd Meeting (AM)

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-fifth Session

1^st Meeting (AM)

COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN OPENS FORTY-FIFTH

SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS