Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

63^rd Meeting (PM)

ASSEMBLY IS TOLD WORLD COMMUNITY MUST WORK HARDER FOR ISRAELI

WITHDRAWAL FROM TERRITORIES, CREATION OF PALESTINIAN STATE

Debate Begins on ‘Question of Palestine’; Israeli Delegate Says

End of Terrorism Must be Price of Political Process, Not Its Reward

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

39^th Meeting (AM)

APPROVING FOUR TEXTS, SECOND COMMITTEE CALLS FOR CONTINUING USE OF AID

FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN DEVELOPING AND TRANSITION COUNTRIES

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

28^th Meeting (PM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE ADOPTS 15 DRAFT TEXTS, FOCUSING ON ENHANCED

PROCUREMENT PRACTICES, NEW FINANCIAL REGULATIONS

Delegates Also Discuss Rental,

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

62^nd Meeting (AM)

STRENGTHENED, MORE EFFICIENT ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CITED,

AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY TAKES UP COUNCIL'S 2002 REPORT

The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) was strengthening its role and making its work more efficient, its President, Ivan Šimonović (Croatia), told the General Assembly this morning, as it discussed the Council’s report for 2002.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

60^th and 61^st Meetings (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS TEXT CALLING ON GOVERNMENTS TO OBSERVE

INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER DAY FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

60^th Meeting (PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES FIVE-PART DRAFT RESOLUTION CALLING FOR ACTION

TO COUNTER RACISM AND INTOLERANCE, AS IT CONCLUDES CURRENT SESSION

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

59^th Meeting (AM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION CALLING FOR EFFECTIVE ACTION

TO ELIMINATE EXTRAJUDICIAL, SUMMARY OR ARBITRARY EXECUTIONS

Draft Approval by Vote of 125 in Favour to None against,

With 30 abstentions; Seven Other Votes Held on Particular Paragraphs of Text

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

58^th and 59^th Meetings (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AFTER DAY-LONG DEBATE, ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON AID

TO ANGOLA, KAZAKHSTAN, MOZAMBIQUE, TAJIKISTAN AND TIMOR-LESTE

Texts Indicate Strategy of Encouraging Transition from Relief

To Development, Self-Help in Humanitarian Assistance Programmes

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

58^th Meeting (AM)

IN SERIES OF VOTES, SOCIAL COMMITTEE DEFEATS EFFORTS TO AMEND TEXTS

ON EXTRAJUDICIAL, SUMMARY OR ARBITRARY EXECUTIONS

End of Session Postponed; Action Taken on Proposed

Convention To Protect Rights of People with Disabilities

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

57^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CALLS FOR STRENGTHENED NATIONAL MEASURES TO PREVENT

TERRORIST ACQUISITION OF MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS

53 First Committee Texts Adopted; New Russian Federation/United States

Strategic Framework, Nuclear Weapon Elimination among Other Issues Addressed