14.07.03 Panellists Stress that Prevention and Response to Disease Outbreak is Everyone’s Business and that Coordinated Relief Operations Save Lives The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) this...

14 July 2003 Distinguished members of the Committee, The successful implementation of the core human rights treaties, such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, is crucial to...

14 July 2003 Acting United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Bertrand G. Ramcharan has welcomed the strengthening of the main African rights charter with provisions on women’s rights...

11 July 2003 Following is the message by the President of the General Assembly, Jan Kavan (Czech Republic), to mark World Population Day (11 July), this year’s theme being “One Billion Adolescents...

11.07.03 Begins Consideration of Special Economic, Humanitarian and Disaster Relief Assistance The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) this morning adopted a resolution on progress in the...

11.07.03 Panel Held on Humanitarian Financing and Effectiveness of Humanitarian Assistance The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) adopted a resolution this afternoon endorsing the decision of the...

Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women 11 July 2003 622nd & 623rd Meetings (AM & PM) Ecuador’s gender equality mechanisms, including National Council of Women, needed to have real...