General Assembly: Press Release

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

45^th &46^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SPEAKERS IN THIRD COMMITTEE DEBATE STRESS NEED TO INTEGRATE RESPECT

FOR HUMAN RIGHTS INTO COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGIES

Importance of Development in Relation to Human Rights also Stressed

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

22^nd Meeting (PM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE, DEFERRING ACTION ON TEXTS, TO CONCLUDE SESSION TOMORROW

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

43^rd & 44^th Meetings (AM & PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES 10 DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON PALESTINIAN RIGHTS,

USE OF MERCENARIES, REFUGEE ISSUES, MIGRANT WORKERS

Reports Discussed on Violence against Women, Human Rights Defenders

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

41^st & 42^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

REPORTS ON RIGHT TO HEALTH, HUMAN RIGHTS IN MYANMAR, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

OF CONGO, BURUNDI, IRAQ DISCUSSED IN SOCIAL COMMITTEE

Draft Resolutions Introduced on Refugee Issues,

Torture, Migrants, Human Rights Conventions, Israeli Children

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

34^th Meeting (AM)

SECOND COMMITTEE DELEGATES AGREE ON NEED FOR BETTER MONITORING

OF MONTERREY CONSENSUS IMPLEMENTATION AS DEBATE CONCLUDES

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

21^st Meeting (AM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE POSTPONES ACTION ON FINAL ITEMS OF SESSION

More Time Said to Be Needed for ‘Mediation’ on Draft

Texts on UNRWA, Israeli Practices in Occupied Territories

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

39^th & 40^th Meetings (AM & PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORTS ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS,

TORTURE, HUMAN RIGHTS TO FOOD, FREEDOM OF RELIGION

Draft Resolutions Introduced on Office

Of UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Mercenaries

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

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

UNEQUAL BENEFITS OF GLOBALIZATION, NEED TO IMPLEMENT DEVELOPMENT

FINANCING COMMITMENTS FOCUS OF SECOND COMMITTEE DEBATE

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

60^th Meeting (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, IN FOUR ROUNDS OF VOTING, ELECTS 18 MEMBERS

OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

37^th & 38^th Meetings (AM & PM)

ADDRESSING THIRD COMMITTEE, ACTING HIGH COMMISSIONER STRESSES LINK BETWEEN PROMOTION

OF HUMAN RIGHTS, POVERTY ERADICATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Issues Related to Migrants, Cambodia also Discussed