Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

39^th Meeting (PM)

SITUATION OF MIGRANTS MORE DIFFICULT SINCE 11 SEPTEMBER ATTACKS,

THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD AS HUMAN RIGHTS DEBATE CONTINUES

Committee Hears Rights of Reply from 13 Countries

Responding to Statements Alleging Human Rights Abuses

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

38^th Meeting (AM)

COUNTRIES TO FOCUS ON RESTORATION OF AFGHAN SOCIETY RESPECTING ALL HUMAN RIGHTS,

SPEAKERS TELL THIRD COMMITTEE

General Debate Opens on Human Rights

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

26^th Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE ENDS CURRENT DEBATE ON PLANS FOR INTERNATIONAL

CRIMINAL COURT, TAKES ACTION ON OTHER ISSUES

Texts Approved on Assistance in Law Training, Relations with Host

Country, General Assembly Observer Status for Global Development Institute

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

51^st Meeting (PM)

WHILE FOCUS ON TERRORISM WARRANTED, WORLD’S ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, POLITICAL,

HUMANITARIAN CONCERNS NEED ATTENTION, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

50^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY WARNED OF CONTINUING THREAT FROM GLOBAL WARMING,

RISING SEA LEVEL DANGER TO ISLAND NATIONS

As Main Debate Continues, President of Micronesia Says States

Least Responsible for Problem Are on ‘Front-line’ in Facing Consequence

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

37^th Meeting (PM)

OBSTACLES PUT IN WAY OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS BY GOVERNMENTS HAMPER

ENJOYMENT OF FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

Committee Also Discusses Internally

Displaced Persons, Human Rights in Iran, Cambodia

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

25^th Meeting (PM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD PROSPECTS GOOD FOR EARLY COMPLETION

OF PREPARATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

Progress in Number of Signatories, Ratifications; Governing Statute

May Soon Take Effect, with Early Opening Assembly of States Parties

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

49^th Meeting (PM)

CALLS FOR RESOLUTE ACTION AGAINST TERRORISM TEMPERED IN ASSEMBLY

BY APPEALS FOR CAUTION IN IDENTIFYING ‘ENEMY’

Agreement Must Be Reached on Unified Definition of Terrorism, Says Libya

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

48^th Meeting (AM)

CONTINUING GENERAL DEBATE, ASSEMBLY SPEAKERS FOCUS ON MIDEAST,

AFRICA, WOMEN IN PEACEKEEPING, CLIMATE CHANGE

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

47^th Meeting (PM)

ASSEMBLY SPEAKERS LINK FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM

TO ACHIEVEMENT OF OVERALL UN GOALS

We must not let cruel acts of terrorism divert international attention from the ambitious goals of the Millennium Summit, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Norway told the General Assembly this afternoon, as it continued the general debate of its fifty-sixth session.