Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

26^th Meeting (PM)

DELEGATES DISCUSS OVEREXPENDITURES, HIGH VACANCY RATES IN RWANDA TRIBUNAL

The Rwanda Tribunal needed to strengthen its control over expenditures to avoid huge overspending, the representative of China told the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this afternoon as it began its consideration of the financing of the two International Tribunals.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Open-ended Panels

AFGHANISTAN PANEL PINPOINTS NATIONWIDE SECURITY, INSTITUTION-BUILDING, RECONSTRUCTION,

ECONOMIC REVIVAL, OUTSIDE INTERFERENCE AS PERSISTENT AREAS OF CONCERN

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fourth Committee

23^rd Meeting (AM)

12 TEXTS ON PALESTINE RELIEF AGENCY, ISRAELI PRACTICES IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES

APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE, AS IT CONCLUDES WORK FOR CURRENT SESSION

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

50^th and 51^st Meetings (AM & PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFTS ON INSTRAW, PALESTINIAN CHILDREN;

CONTINUES DEBATE ON REFUGEE ISSUES

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

36^th Meeting (AM)

SECOND COMMITTEE DELEGATES UNDERSCORE URGENT NEED FOR CONCRETE ACTION

TO PROTECT ECOSYSTEMS AND POPULATIONS IN MOUNTAIN REGIONS

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

51^st Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, REVIEWING GLOBAL MINE-CLEARANCE EFFORTS, IS TOLD

LINGERING PROBLEM DESTROYS RESOURCES, HAMPERS DEVELOPMENT

Grave Human Toll Continues from Years-old Weapons: ‘Assassins in Hiding’,

Says Lebanon, Among Delegates of 20 Countries Urging Continued Removal Action

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

49^th Meeting (AM)

THIRD COMMITTEE HEARS INTRODUCTION OF 13 DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS,

INCLUDING SITUATIONS IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, IRAQ, MYANMAR, SUDAN

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

34^th & 35^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT ON PERMANENT SOVEREIGNTY OF PALESTINIAN,

ARAB SOVEREIGNTY OVER NATURAL RESOURCES IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES

Draft Would Have General Assembly Reaffirm Inalienable

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

50^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY WELCOMES DECLARATION OF SOUTH AMERICA AS

ZONE OF PEACE AND COOPERATION

Support Also Expressed for Continuation of United Nations

Guatemala Mission as Assembly Considers Situation in Central America

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

47^th and 48^th Meetings (AM & PM)

BURDEN OF HOSTING REFUGEES, CHRONIC UNHCR BUDGET SHORTAGES HIGHLIGHTED,

AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION ON REFUGEES