Subject: [fem-women2000 602] Women's Globalnet #166: Agenda for UN/CSW 45th Session
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IWTC WOMEN'S GLOBALNET #166 Initiatives and Activities of Women Worldwide by Anne S. Walker February 26, 2001 AGENDA FOR THE 45th SESSION OF THE UN COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN, MARCH 616th, 2001, NEW YORK, PLUS OTHER UN ACTIVITIES. The following is an outline of the agenda for the 45th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women. There will be no UN meetings on Monday March 5th. The NGO Consultation will take place on that day at the NYU Medical School, 550 First Avenue at 30th Street, New York. For details on this meeting, see GlobalNet #165, now available on IWTC痴 web-site at: <http://www.iwtc.org> UN/CSW 45th Session. Agenda: Tuesday 6 March, 2001. 10:00 am. Opening of 45th Session. Election of Officers/Adoption of Agenda/Follow-up to FWCW/Beijing 3:00 pm. Continuation of General Discussion Wednesday 7 March, 2001. 10:00 am. Continuation of General Discussion 3:00 pm. Consideration of multi-year work programme Thursday 8 March, 2001. 10:00 am. Observance of Inter. Women痴 Day/Continuation of General Discussion 3:00 pm. Thematic issues: Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS. Panel of experts Friday 9 March, 2001. 10:00 am. Communications concerning the status of women. Report of S-G assessing implications of reforms in the human rights area for communications procedure. 3:00 pm. Continuation of consideration of the S-G痴 report. Monday 12 March, 2001. 10:00 am. Follow-up to ECOSOC resolutions and decisions 3:00 pm. Introduction of proposals under all items, including provisional agenda for the 46th Session of CSW. Tuesday 13 March, 2001. 10:00 am. Thematic issues: Gender and all forms of discrimination, in particular racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. Panel of experts 3:00 pm. Informal consultations Wednesday 14 March, 2001. 10:00 am. Closed meetings and informal consultations 3:00 pm. Informal consultations Thursday 15 March, 2001. 10:00 am. Informal consultations 3:00 pm. Action on proposals and proposed agreed conclusions Friday 16 March, 2001. 10:00 am. Action on outstanding issues 3:00 pm. Provisional agenda for 46th session of CSW/Adoption of report of 45th session. Closing. OTHER UN EVENTS DURING CSW 2001: Tuesday 8 March, 2001 1.15 pm-2.45 pm. "HIV/AIDS: The greatest leadership challenge" Conference Room 2. Sponsored by UNIFEM with UNAIDS, UNFPA, UNICEF and UNDP. Wednesday 7 March, 2001. 12:30 pm-2:30 pm. NY Chapter of US UNIFEM Committee Lunch. West African shea butter display launched. UN Delegates Dining Room. Contact: UNIFEM. Christian Gladel 906-6897. 1:15 pm-2:45 pm. "Gender, Racism and Related Intolerance" Conference Room 3. Sponsored by UNIFEM and UNHCHR with African-American Policy Institute, Center for Women痴 Global Leadership and Women痴 Caucus for Racism Conference. Contact Roxanna carrillo. 906-6454 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN担 DAY "Women and Peace" Thursday, 8 March 2001: Digital Art Contest and Exhibition on Women and Peace. Sponsored by INSTRAW, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Tel: (1-809) 685-2111. Fax: (1-809) 685-2117. E-mail: jtavares@un-instraw-gains.org. Website: http://www.un-instraw-gains.org 1:00-1:30 pm. Pre-Panel Entertainment "Equality Live". Angry Jellow Productions present a highly charged personalized performance of true life gender equality issues told through the eyes of 10 women from around the world. 1:30-3:30 pm. Panel: "50/50 in the United Nations". Moderators: Marcia Brewster, President, GERWUN and June Zeitlin, Executive Director, WEDO. Sponsored by Group on Equal Rights for Women in the UN. At UN. 6:30 pm. "Recipes for Peace-Women at the Peace Table". Launching of the first Millennium Peace Prize for Women. Gala Gourmet Benefit Dinner. Delegates Dining Room. Sponsored by UNIFEM and International Alert. Contact UNIFEM, Christian Gladel, E-mail: christian.gladel@undp.org. 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