Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

7th Meeting (PM)

EFFORTS TO RESOLVE ROOT CAUSES OF CONFLICT OVERSHADOWED

BY DEFENCE BUILD-UP, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

6^th Meeting (AM)

AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE CONTINUES, PRESIDENT OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

PROPOSES UN GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON GREAT LAKES REGION OF AFRICA

United Kingdom Calls For Return of Inspectors to Iraq;

Germany Urges Comprehensive Solution for Middle East Problem

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

5^th Meeting (PM)

VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ URGES WORLD LEADERS TO REAFFIRM

COMMITMENT TO ADDRESS ROOT CAUSE OF TERRORISM

China, Russian Federation Call for Creation

Of New International Security Architecture in Increasingly Interdependent World

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

4^th Meeting (AM)

DRUG TRAFFICKING, TERRORISM, DEEPENING POVERTY, AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

3^rd Meeting (PM)

AFGHAN, YUGOSLAV LEADERS POINT TO CHANGE AS THEIR SOCIETIES EMERGE FROM CONFLICT

Continuing International Support Stressed as Assembly General Debate Continues

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

2^nd Meeting (AM)

AS GENERAL DEBATE OF 57^TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OPENS, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES

INDISPENSABLE NECESSITY OF MULTILATERALISM

United States President Bush Calls on International Community

To Stand Up for Its Security, Saying Iraqi Government a ‘Grave Danger’

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

General Committee

1^st and 2^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS AGENDA FOR FIFTY-SEVENTH

SESSION TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Decides Not To Recommend Inclusion of Item

On ‘Representation of the Republic of China (Taiwan)’

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-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

1^st Meeting (PM)

WITH ADMISSION OF SWITZERLAND, UNITED NATIONS FAMILY NOW NUMBERS 190 MEMBER STATES

Priorities Listed by President of Fifty-seventh

Session Include Elaboration of Anti-Terrorism Convention

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

112^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES FIFTY-SIXTH SESSION; TRANSMITS 55 REMAINING AGENDA

ITEMS TO FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION SCHEDULED TO OPEN TOMORROW

Assembly President Says Session Characterized as ‘Extraordinary, Unprecedented’