Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Sixth Committee

4^th & 5^th Meetings (AM & PM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE REVIEWS ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION,

ON PROPOSALS TO ENLARGE MEMBERSHIP, ENSURE EFFICIENCY

Debate Also Begins on Report on Protection of UN, Related Personnel

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

3rd Meeting (PM)

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

2^nd Meeting (AM)

WORLD ECONOMY DID NOT LIVE UP TO EXPECTATIONS, DESAI SAYS

AS SECOND COMMITTEE STARTS GENERAL DEBATE

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

2^nd Meeting (AM)

CHALLENGES TO DISARMAMENT FORMIDABLE, BUT BENEFITS WIDE AND RICH

SAYS UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL, AS FIRST COMMITTEE BEGINS DEBATE

Speakers Call for Revived Multilateral Efforts to Address Global Threats

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

3^rd Meeting (AM)

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Sixth Committee

3rd Meeting (AM)

SIXTH COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REQUESTS BY ORGANIZATIONS FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY

OBSERVER STATUS, CONCLUDES DISCUSSION OF DIPLOMATIC PROTECTION

The Sixth Committee (Legal) considered requests for several organizations for observer status in the work of the General Assembly and announced that draft resolutions on the requests were being prepared this morning.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

1^st Meeting (AM)

FIRST COMMITTEE ELECTS OFFICERS, ADOPTS WORK PROGRAMME;

WILL HOLD GENERAL DEBATE 30 SEPTEMBER - 11 OCTOBER

The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) this morning, in a brief organizational meeting, elected officers and adopted its programme of work and the agenda for the fifty-seventh session.

Background Release

STALLED GLOBAL DISARMAMENT EFFORTS, TERRORIST USE OF MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

20th Meeting (AM)

UNANIMOUS ASSEMBLY DECISION MAKES TIMOR-LESTE 191^ST UNITED NATIONS MEMBER STATE

Angola, Chile, Pakistan, Germany, Spain

Elected Non-Permanent Members of Security Council from 1 January 2003

By unanimous decision of the General Assembly, Timor-Leste became the 191^st United Nations Member State this morning.

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