Fifty-sixth General Assembly                                  GA/AB/3473

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

35^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS TOLD PERMANENT SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS

MUST RESPOND TO WIDESPREAD UNEASE OVER VETO PROCEDURE

Reform Debate Continues; Increase in Membership Widely

Supported, But Speakers Express Concern to Maintain Efficiency

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

34^th Meeting (AM)

NEED FOR SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM GIVEN NEW IMPETUS

BY RECENT EVENTS, GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS TOLD

Speakers Regret Continued Impasse in Formulation of Proposal;

Self-Interest of Veto-Holders, Lack of Political Commitment Cited

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

25^th Meeting (AM)                                           

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

20^th Meeting (PM) 

`CONSCIOUS HUMAN ACTION, POLITICAL WILL’ CAN REDUCE VULNERABILITY

TO DISASTERS, SECOND COMMITTEE IS TOLD

Concluding Discussion of Implementation of Agenda 21, Committee

Takes up Disaster Reduction, Biodiversity, Small Island Developing States

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

19^th Meeting (AM)

SPEAKERS IN SECOND COMMITTEE URGE REVITALIZED POLITICAL MOMENTUM

IN PURSUIT OF AGENDA 21 GOALS

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

18^th Meeting (PM)

URGENT STEPS TO REDUCE RISK OF ACCIDENTAL USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

CALLED FOR IN DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

Ten Resolutions, Two Decisions Approved; Issues Addressed

Include Convention Banning Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

17^th Meeting (AM)

TERRORIST USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS, BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION REVIEW

AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED BY 14 TEXTS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

20^th Meeting (AM)             

EUROPEAN UNION QUESTIONS RELEVANCE OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT DEBATE

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

33^rd Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, REVIEWING SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM, IS TOLD

TO END SPEECHMAKING, BEGIN ANALYSIS OF POSSIBLE MODELS

Membership, Veto Powers Remain Contentious Issues;

Delegates Call for Body More Representative of Modern World