Sixty-first General Assembly

First Committee

14^th Meeting (AM)

REDUCTION OF NUCLEAR ARSENALS VERIFICATION, CLUSTER MUNITIONS,

AMONG ISSUES RAISED, AS FIRST COMMITTEE CONTINUES DEBATE

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fifth Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT FINANCING, CONSTRUCTION IN ADDIS ABABA, VIENNA

 

AMONG ISSUES TAKEN UP BY BUDGET COMMITTEE

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

32^nd & 33^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS BELGIUM, INDONESIA, ITALY, SOUTH AFRICA

AS NON-PERMANENT MEMBERS OF SECURITY COUNCIL

 

Latin American and Caribbean Vacancy not Filled;

Secretary-General Praises Ban as ‘Exceptionally Attuned’ to All Countries, Peoples

The General Assembly today appointed Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon of the Republic of Korea as the next United Nations Secretary-General, giving him a two-and-one-half-month transition before taking over the helm of the world body from Kofi Annan on 1 January.
 

Peacebuilding Commission

Burundi configuration

1^st & 2^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

Challenges facing burundi, requiring international help, indicated

at country-specific meetings of peacebuilding commission

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fourth Committee

9^th Meeting (AM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT ON WESTERN Sahara at CONCLUSION

OF DEBATE ON DECOLONIZATION ISSUES

Delegates also Conclude Discussion on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

CONTINUING ITS DISCUSSION OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS, THIRD COMMITTEE

HEARS ABOUT DANGERS CONFRONTING YOUTH WORLDWIDE

 

Poverty, Prostitution, Street Life,

Unexploded Munitions among Concerns Cited

Sixty-first General Assembly

Sixth Committee

4^th Meeting (AM)

Assembly’s legal committee hears call for spirit of compromise in effort

to complete comprehensive convention on international terrorism

Lebanon , Noting Recent Experience, Says Resistance to Occupation

Sixty-first General Assembly

First Committee

13^th Meeting (PM)

SMALL ARMS TRAFFIC FUELS CONFLICTS, UNDERMINES STABILITY, DEVELOPMENT

FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD IN CONTINUED DEBATE

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

30^th Meeting (AM)

NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT SPURS SUSTAINABLE GAINS ON CONTINENT,

GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD, AS IT CONCLUDES DEBATE ON AFRICAN STRATEGY, CONCERNS