General Assembly: Press Release

Sixtieth General Assembly

Second Committee

12^th Meeting (PM)

INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES MARGINALIZE POOR COUNTRIES INSTEAD

OF INTEGRATING THEM INTO WORLD ECONOMY, GROUP OF 77 TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE

Sixtieth General Assembly

First Committee

15^th Meeting (AM)

DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE TEXT CALLS FOR EARLY ENTRY INTO FORCE

OF COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY

Other Drafts Introduced Concern

UN Disarmament Research Institute, Asia Regional Centre

Sixtieth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

8^th Meeting (AM)

REGIONAL COMMISSIONS’ IMPLEMENTATION OF OVERSIGHT RECOMMENDATIONS

TAKEN UP BY BUDGET COMMITTEE

Sixtieth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

11^th Meeting (PM)

Sixtieth General Assembly

Third Committee

18^th Meeting (AM)

THIRD COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DISCUSSION OF PROMOTION, PROTECTION OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS

Debate focuses on National Strategies to Improve Health Care,

Sixtieth General Assembly

Third Committee

18^th Meeting (AM)

THIRD COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DISCUSSION OF PROMOTION, PROTECTION OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS

Debate focuses on National Strategies to Improve Health Care,

Sixtieth General Assembly

First Committee

14^th Meeting (AM)

RELUCTANCE TO BE BOUND BY GLOBAL AGREEMENTS ‘PARTICULARLY DISTURBING’,

AT TIME WHEN WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY MORE ACCESSIBLE, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

Also Hears Introduction of 16 Draft Texts; Confidence-Building

Sixtieth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

7^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES DEBATE ON SCALE FOR UN BUDGET CONTRIBUTIONS;

CEILING, EASING EXCESSIVE INCREASES IN ASSESSMENTS AMONG ISSUES RAISED

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Sixtieth General Assembly

Third Committee

16^th & 17^th Meetings (AM & PM)

UN SHOULD STEP UP EFFORTS TO TAKE CHILDREN OFF BATTLEFIELD, PROMOTE ‘ZERO

TOLERANCE’ POLICY ON VIOLATIONS OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD