[women-rights] Re: Correction Tune in on Monday for a Live Webcast of Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security

Dear Friends,

A small correction to our last email concerning the second anniversary of 
the adoption of Security Council resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and 
Security. The resolution itself was adopted on 31 October 2000 so this 
Thursday, 31 October 2002, is the actual anniversary.(This is important to 
note for all our witch friends as it is Halloween here in New York and many 
other places!)

The Security Council held an Arria Formula meeting with the NGO Working 
Group on Wednesday 23 October 2002 as part of its observation of this event 
and to discuss further ways of implementing the resolution. It will hold an 
Open Debate on the issue on Monday at 3 p.m. NY time. So far, 37 countries 
have indicated they will speak to the Council on the issue.

As many will know, the resolution was the first ever in the Council dealing 
solely with the issue of Women, Peace and Security. This took more than 50 
years. While we know the presence of women in peacebuilding and conflict 
resolution has always been a legitimate demand, the resolution has raised 
the visibility of the need for women's voices in these processes.

Please tune in to FIRE (www.fire.or.cr) for a replay of the NGO press 
conference which was held on Wednesday, 23 October, and for a live webcast 
of the Security Council's debate on the issue of Women, Peace and Security 
on Monday at 3 p.m. NY Time.

And Happy Halloween from all the NGW's (Non-Governmental Witches) making 
life at least a little more difficult for the Security Council here in New 
York.