Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

60^th Meeting (PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE CONSIDERS DRAFT PROPOSALS ON ELIMINATION

OF RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) met this afternoon to hear the introduction of draft proposals relating to the elimination of racism and racial discrimination.

Resumed Fifty-sixth General Assembly                                                            GA/10009*

Special Committee on

Decolonization

1^st Meeting (AM)

EAST TIMOR’S INDEPENDENCE ANOTHER MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT OF DECOLONIZATION MOVEMENT,

SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TO SPECIAL DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE

Committee Elects Officers, Adopts 2002 Work Programme

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

59^th Meeting (AM)

ISSUES UNRESOLVED AT DURBAN ANTI-RACISM CONFERENCE REMAIN CONTENTIOUS

AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONCLUDES SESSION ON RACIAL INTOLERANCE

Speakers Welcome Anti-Racism Unit

Proposed for United Nations Human Rights Commission

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

58^th Meeting (AM)

OPPOSING VIEWS EXPRESSED AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONSIDERS FINAL DOCUMENT

Resumed Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

93^rd Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT CALLS ON ALL STATES TO DEMONSTRATE

COMMITMENT TO OLYMPIC TRUCE

Assembly Adopts Texts on Crime Prevention, Report of Economic and Social Council

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

57^th Meeting* (PM)

EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT ANTI-RACISM STRATEGY MUST FOCUS

ON EDUCATION, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

56^th Meeting (AM)

‘NOW IS THE TIME FOR ACTION’, HUMAN RIGHTS HIGH COMMISSIONER TELLS

THIRD COMMITTEE, AS IT TAKES UP RACISM CONFERENCE REPORT

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

40^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS $2.63 BILLION 2002-2003 BUDGET,

CONCLUDES MAIN PART OF FIFTY-SIXTH SESSION

CORRECTIONS

      On page 12 of Press Release GA/AB/3492 of 24 December 2001, the fourth paragraph should read:

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

39^th Meeting (PM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE APPROVES SEVEN DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON TRIBUNALS, DUES PAYMENTS,

UN COMMON SYSTEM, INTERNAL OVERSIGHT, POLITICAL MISSIONS

CORRECTION

The last paragraph on page 6, extending to the top of page 7 of Press Release GA/AB/3491 of 20 December 2001 should read: