General Assembly: Press Release

Sixtieth General Assembly

First Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

GROWTH OF GLOBAL MILITARY SPENDING, RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DISARMAMENT,

DEVELOPMENT FOCUS OF DEBATE IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

Speakers, Alarmed by $1 Trillion Devoted to Arms, Say Diverting

Sixtieth General Assembly

Plenary

27^th & 28^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Sixtieth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

2^nd Meeting (PM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE SPEAKERS, OPENING GENERAL DEBATE ON DECOLONIZATION,

WELCOME PROGRESS ON ISSUE OF TOKELAU, NOTE IMMINENT REFERENDUM

Concern over Western Sahara Question, with Impasse on Peace Plan Efforts

Sixtieth General Assembly

Third Committee

5^th Meeting (AM)

DELEGATES STRESS NEED FOR GREATER FOCUS ON CONCERNS OF DISABLED PERSONS,

YOUTH, ELDERLY, AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DEBATE ON SOCIAL ISSUES

Sixtieth General Assembly

Second Committee

6^th & 7^th Meetings (AM & PM)

UNSTABLE COMMODITY PRICES, LIMITED MARKETS, SUBSIDIES AMONG IMPEDIMENTS

BLOCKING POOR COUNTRIES’ ACCESS TO VITAL TRADE, SECOND COMMITTEE TOLD

Sixtieth General Assembly

First Committee

5^th Meeting (AM)

GLOBAL COMMUNITY COULD NOT GLOSS OVER BREAKDOWN IN DISARMAMENT, NON-PROLIFERATION

NEGOTIATIONS AT WORLD SUMMIT , PAKISTAN TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE

Sixtieth General Assembly

First Committee

3^rd & 4^th Meetings (AM & PM)

WORLD COMMUNITY UNABLE TO GRASP GRAVITY OF EXISTING, EMERGING

DISARMAMENT, NON-PROLIFERATION THREATS, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

Sixtieth General Assembly

Interactive Round Table on Youth

PM Meeting

IN ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSION, YOUTH FROM AROUND WORLD CONSIDER ROLES

IN GLOBAL ECONOMY, CIVIL SOCIETY

Sixtieth General Assembly

Third Committee

3^rd & 4^th Meetings (AM & PM)

STATES COMMITTED TO COPENHAGEN GOALS, BUT MANY FAR FROM BEING REALIZED,

THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD AS DISCUSSION OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES

Sixtieth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

2^nd Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS STRESS NEED TO UPGRADE

COMMERCIAL LAWS FOR CROSS-BORDER TRANSACTIONS

Review of Annual Report of UNCITRAL Is Concluded