Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

15^th Meeting (AM)

ISRAEL’S CONSTRUCTION, EXPANSION OF SETTLEMENTS CRITICIZED,

AS FOURTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP ISRAELI PRACTICES REPORT

Speakers Say End of Israeli Occupation

Only Acceptable Outcome to Palestinian Struggle

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

32^nd Meeting (AM)

THIRD COMMITTEE HEARS CALLS FOR PRIORITY ATTENTION TO INCORPORATING

HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY PROVISIONS INTO DOMESTIC LAW

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

22^nd Meeting (PM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE IS WARNED PROPOSAL FOR LATE RESERVATIONS

TO TREATY TERMS COULD JEOPARDIZE EXISTING SYSTEM

Study of State Practice Recommended, as Review

of International Law Commission Report Continues

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

25^th Meeting (AM)

STAFF REPRESENTATIVES ADDRESS SALARY EQUITY, COMPETITIVENESS

AS BUDGET COMMITTEE CONTINUES UN COMMON SYSTEM DEBATE

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

39^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS 34 MEMBERS TO INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION

Representatives, Chosen from All Regions, Will Serve 5-year Terms

In two rounds of secret balloting, the General Assembly this morning elected 34 members of the International Law Commission for a period of 5 years starting on 1 January 2002.  They were elected from a list of 45 candidates.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

General Committee

5^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ECOSOC REPORT BE CONSIDERED

DIRECTLY BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY

The General Committee of the General Assemblythis morning recommended to the Assembly that the report of the Economic and Social Council, as a whole, be considered directly in plenary meeting.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

31^st Meeting (AM)       

RACISM, INTOLERANCE BOTH CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF VIOLENCE, HIGH COMMISSIONER

TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE, AS DEBATE OPENS ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Afghanistan, Middle East, Racism Conference Among Matters Discussed

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

20^th and 21^st Meetings (AM & PM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE COMPLETES REVIEW OF PROPOSED GUIDELINES

ON ISSUES RELATING TO RESERVATIONS TO TREATIES

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

25^th Meeting (PM)

ECONOMIC COMMITTEE IS TOLD FAR MORE WOMEN IN LABOUR FORCE,

BUT STILL AT DISADVANTAGE IN PAY, CONDITIONS

ILO Official Describes Inequality; Debate on Sustainable

Development, International Economic Cooperation Is Concluded

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

24^th Meeting (AM)

GENDER MAINSTREAMING MUST BE ‘INDISPENSABLE COMPONENT’ OF DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES,

IRAN (ON BEHALF OF GROUP OF 77) TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE