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No.112 Yücetepe-Ankara Turkey Website http:/www.tse.org.tr 1.d UN/ECE Multiplier/Contact Point 1.e National Real Estate Brokers’ Association 1.f National UNDP Office Tel: + 90 312-426 81 23 + 90 312-426 81 21 Fax: + 90 312-426 13 72 E-Mail fo.tur@undp.org United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Turkey Atatürk Bulvari 197 P.K. 407 06680 Kavaklidere-Ankara Turkey Website www.un.org.tr/undp 2. (...) Chambers of commerce and business associations 6.a National Chamber of Commerce Tel: + 903 12 417 77 00 Fax: + 903 12 417 32 68 E-Mail info@info.tobb.org.tr Union of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Maritime Trade and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) Atatürk Bulvari No. 149 06100 Bakanliklar - Ankara Turkey Website http://www.tobb.org.tr Tel: + 90 212-252 04 30 Fax: + 90 212-293 79 35 E-Mail dto@chamber-of- shipping.org.tr Chamber of Maritime Commerce of Turkey Meclisi Mebusan Cad. No. 22 80154 Salu Pazari-Istanbul Turkey Website http://www.camber-of- shipping.org.tr 6.b Local Chambers of Commerce Tel: + 90 212-252 29 00 + 90 212 245 62 27 Fax: + 90 212-249 39 63 E-Mail Istanbul Chamber of Industry Istanbul Sanayi Odasi (ASO) Meºrutiyet Cad 118 80050 Byoðlu Istanbul Turkey Website http://www.iso.org.tr Tel: + 90 232 484 43 30 Fax: + 90 232-483 99 37 E-Mail Aegean Region Chamber of Industry Ege Bölgesi Sanayi Odasi (EBSO) Cumhuriyet Bulvari 63 Pasaport – Izmir Turkey Website http://www.ebso.com.tr Tel: + 90 312-417 12 00/ 15 10 Fax: + 90 312-417 20 60 + 90 312-417 43 70 E-Mail aso@aso.org.tr Ankara Chamber of Industry (ASO) Atatürk Bul. No. 193 Kavakhdere-Ankara Turkey Website http://www.aso.org.tr Tel: + 902 32 441 77 77 Fax: + 902 32 483 78 36 E-Mail info@izto.org.tr Izmir Chamber of Commerce (IZTO) Atatürk Cad.

UNITED NATIONS E Economic and Social Council Distr. GENERAL E/CN.4/2002/60/Add.2 27 March 2002 ENGLISH ONLY COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth session

In Turkey, the equality of men and women received official recognition early in the history of women's rights, largely, or perhasp wholely, due to the foresight of the founder, and the great leader, of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. The following statement is representative of Atatürk's views on the potential of women in general and his plans for the immediate future of Turkish women in particular. (...) In many European countries women achieved their rights only after a long and tedious struggle; in Turkey, however, women were afforded their rights by Atatürk in conjunction with Parliament, without their having to campaign for them. (...) This is not, per se, an inferior position for the woman and in particular the mother is honoured; to give just one very obvious example, there are probably as many schools and roads in Turkey that are named after Ziibeyde hanim, the mother of Atatürk, as are named after Atatürk himself. The -mother then, holds a position of honour, and family, as an institution, is sacrosanct. 8.

Department, Mi nistry of Forestry, Atatürk Bulvari No.153, Bakanliklar 06100 Ankara. (...) Hababou ) Palais des Nations FAO Forestry Department CH - 1211 GENEVA 10 Viale delle Terme di Caracalla Switzerland I - 00100 ROME (Italy) Tel: ++41 22 917 2870 Tel: ++39 06 57052724 Fax: ++41 22 917 0041 Fax: ++39 06 57055618 E-mail: christiane.kind@unece.org E-mail: josiane.hababou@fao.org with a copy for information to : Dr Erkan Ispirli Department Chief of Foreign Relations and EU Department Orman Bakanligi Atatürk Bulvari, 153 06100 Bakanliklar/Ankara Turkey Tel: 0090-312.4177724 / Fax: 0090.312.4179160 E-mail obdi-f@tr-net.net.tr Authors of papers will be invited to introdu ce their papers at the seminar, taking not more than 15-20 minutes. (...) Menemen - Izmir (Turkey), 2 – 8 October 2000 To be completed and sent not later than 15 June 2000 to : Dr Erkan Ispirli Department Chief of Foreign Relations and EU Department Orman Bakanliji Atatürk Bulvari, 153 06100 Bakanliklar/Ankara Turkey Tel: 0090-312.4177724 Fax: 0090.312.4179160 E-mail obdi-f@tr-net.net.tr With a copy to : Timber Section (Attn.

A/48/600/Add.1 English Page 2 "With regard to the allegation concerning the draining of the marshes and the displacement of their inhabitants, Iraq has already clarified this matter and has emphasized that the water in the marshes is fed primarily from the River Euphrates and the notable decline in the volume of that water is attributable to the significantly lower water level in the River Euphrates due to the construction and operation of the Keban and Karakaya dams in Turkey and the Tabqa Dam in Syria and the commencement, since 1990, of operations to fill the giant Atatürk Dam in Turkey. As a result, there has been a very substantial decline in the volume of water feeding into the River Euphrates and the available water resources are insufficient to meet agricultural and non-agricultural needs. (...) The Special Rapporteur would like to make the following observations concerning the above reply: (a) The Government of Iraq continues to insist that the draining of the marshes is "due to the construction and operation of the Keban and Karakaya dams in Turkey and the Tabqa Dam in Syria and the commencement, since 1990, of operations to fill the giant Atatürk Dam in Turkey". As the Special Rapporteur has explained in paragraph 47 of his report, there are several reasons to doubt that the sudden major decline of the water level in the marshes this summer can be attributed solely to the construction of these dams.