International Women's Day 2003
Observance of International Women’s Day
United Nations Headquarters




FRIDAY, 7 MARCH 2003 | 10:00 A.M. TO 12:00 NOON
CONFERENCE ROOM 2



SPEAKERS

Louise Fréchette
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General

Geeta Rao Gupta
Co-Chair, Millennium Project Task Force

Emilia Fernandes
Secretary of State for Women’s Rights, Brazil

Nafis Sadik
Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for HIV/AIDS in Asia

Sergio Vieira de Mello
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Moderator: Shashi Tharoor
Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information



Members of delegations, media, accredited NGO representatives
and Secretariat staff are invited to attend.
A live and on-demand webcast can be accessed at t
he website for the
International Women’sDay



For further information, contact:

Coordination and Outreach Unit, Division for the Advancement of Women
(212) 963-8034

NGO Section, Department of Public Information
(212) 963-1859.


Also see www.un.org/womenwatch.

The event is organized by the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, the Division for the Advancement of Women/Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the Department of Public Information in collaboration with the United Nations Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality.