Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fourth Committee

2^nd Meeting (PM)

SPEAKERS CELEBRATE TIMOR-LESTE’S INDEPENDENCE, CALL FOR PROGRESS ON REMAINING

TERRITORIES, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE BEGINS DECOLONIZATION DEBATE

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fourth Committee

1st Meeting (AM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE ELECTS THREE VICE-CHAIRPERSONS

AND RAPPORTEUR AS IT HOLDS FIRST MEETING

Work Programme for Fifty-seventh General Assembly Session Approved

Biographical Note

GRAHAM MAITLAND OF SOUTH AFRICA:  CHAIRMAN OF FOURTH COMMITTEE

      Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of South Africa to the United Nations, Graham Maitland was elected Chairman of the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) on 17 July.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

23^rd Meeting (AM)

PROPOSALS, RECOMMENDATIONS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PEACEKEEPING ENDORSED

IN DRAFT TEXT APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

21^st and 22^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

MEANINGFUL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS, TROOP CONTRIBUTORS NEEDED,

SAY SPEAKERS IN FOURTH COMMITTEE, AS PEACEKEEPING DEBATE CONCLUDES

Thirty-four Speakers Address Issues of Peacekeeping Finance,

Rapid Reaction Capability, Comprehensive Strategy for Conflicts

Fifty-sixth General Assembly                                GA/SPD/228

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

19^th Meeting (AM)

MEDIA COVERAGE OF TERRORIST ATTACKS, UN RADIO PROJECT AMONG ISSUES DISCUSSED

AS FOURTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF INFORMATION QUESTIONS

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

18^th Meeting (PM)

PUBLIC INFORMATION DEPARTMENT’S ABILITY TO RESPOND TO CRISIS DEMONSTRATED

FOLLOWING 11 SEPTEMBER ATTACK, INTERIM HEAD TELLS FOURTH COMMITTEE

Speakers Stress Need for Parity in Official Languages

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

17^th Meeting (AM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES 12 DRAFT RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING

ISRAELI PRACTICES, UN PALESTINE RELIEF AGENCY

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

16^th Meeting (AM)

RESUMED PEACE PROCESS ONLY HOPE OF ENDING MIDDLE EAST SUFFERING

BELGIUM TELLS FOURTH COMMITTEE

Committee Concludes Consideration of Report on Israeli Practices