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GA/SPD/351
18 October 2006
General AssemblyGA/SPD/351
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fourth Committee

12th Meeting (PM)


UNITED NATIONS, AS INDISPENSABLE FOUNDATION OF PEACEFUL AND JUST WORLD,


MUST BE HEARD ‘CLEARLY AND EFFECTIVELY’, SAYS FOURTH COMMITTEE TEXT


Under-Secretary-General Shashi Tharoor Hopeful and Confident

GA/L/3301
18 October 2006
General AssemblyGA/L/3301
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-first General Assembly

Sixth Committee

8th Meeting (AM)


WITH HUMANITARIAN CONVENTIONS NOW WIDELY ACCEPTED, FOCUS MUST BE ON


IMPLEMENTATION, ASSEMBLY’S LEGAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD

 


Adoption of ‘Red Crystal’ Emblem by Latest Geneva Protocol

GA/EF/3155
18 October 2006
General AssemblyGA/EF/3155
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-first General Assembly

Second Committee

Panel Discussion (PM)


flexible policies needed to address labour, social, economic worries


as globalization picks up pace, panellists tell second committee


Job Dislocation, Income Inequality, Declining Wages Discussed

GA/EF/3154
18 October 2006
General AssemblyGA/EF/3154
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-first General Assembly

Second Committee

Interactive Dialogue (AM)


regional economic commission heads stress importance of boosting capacity


for innovation as second committee holds interactive discussion


Right Partnerships with Universities, Business Essential, Delegates Told

GA/AB/3759
18 October 2006
General AssemblyGA/AB/3759
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fifth Committee

8th Meeting (PM)


BUDGET COMMITTEE DEBATES ROLE OF COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMME AND COORDINATION


AS UNITED NATIONS’ PRINCIPAL PLANNING, EVALUATION BODY

 


Most Speakers Stress Committee’s Unique, Critical Role;