SIPILA HONOURED

Finnish lawyer Helvi Sipil, the first woman to be appointed as an Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations, was awarded the first outstanding international...Finnish lawyer Helvi Sipil, the first woman to be appointed as an Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations, was awarded the first outstanding international woman lawyer award by the IBAs womens interest group, at a ceremony to close the conference last week.

Ms Sipila, who is 86, organised the first UN world conference for the advancement of women in 1975.