27 February 2002 Note to Correspondents Event to Be Addressed by Laura Bush, First Lady of United States On Friday 8 March, the United Nations will observe International Women’s Day with a televised...

Security Council 4479th Meeting (AM) 27 February 2002 Political progress in Afghanistan had occurred at a rate faster than expected, the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Kieran...

26 February 2002 The Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the right to food, Prof. Jean Ziegler, will pay an official visit to Brazil from 1 to 21 March at the invitation of the...

26 February 2002 The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Dato' Param Cumaraswamy, today welcomed the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European...

Fifty-sixth General Assembly Third Committee 26 February 2002 61st & 62nd Meetings (AM & PM) Draft Supporting Establishment of Anti-Discrimination Unit, Appointment of Experts by Secretary-General...

26 February 2002 All 15 members of the Security Council headed back to New York on Monday, having completed a mission to Ethiopia and Eritrea, during which Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and...

Security Council 4476th Meeting* (PM) 25 February 2002 Also Stresses Importance of Inter-Congolese Dialogue; Requests UN Mission to Assess Strength of Rwandan Armed Groups in Territory Calling on all...

Geneva, 25 February 2002 Statement by Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights at the Open-Ended Working Group on the Right to Development Chairperson, Distinguished delegates...