General Assembly: Press Release

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

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

31^st Meeting (PM)

ISRAEL STILL DESTROYING OCCUPIED TERRITORIES, SECOND COMMITTEE

DELEGATES SAY AT CONCLUSION OF DEBATE ON ARAB SOVEREIGNTY

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

Panel Discussion on “Globalization”

IN SECOND COMMITTEE PANEL DISCUSSION, TOP ECONOMIST CALLS FOR MORE SENSIBLE,

MODEST, HUMANE APPROACH TO GLOBALIZATION

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

18^th Meeting (AM)

MORE STREAMLINED, FLEXIBLE BUDGETARY PROCESS NEEDED,

SAY SPEAKERS IN FIFTH COMMITTEE DEBATE

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

59^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS TEXTS TO REINFORCE ‘CULTURE OF PEACE’

IN CONFLICT-RIDDEN WORLD

Also Elects 29 Countries to UNEP Governing

Council for Four-Year Terms Beginning 1 January 2004

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

36^th Meeting (AM)

THIRD COMMITTEE HEARS CALLS FOR INCREASED EFFECTIVENESS

IN OPERATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY BODIES

Five Draft Resolutions Introduced

On Women’s Issues, Self-Determination, Racial Discrimination

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

29^th & 30^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION TO TRANSFORM TOURISM BODY

INTO SPECIALIZED AGENCY OF UNITED NATIONS

Delegates Also Take up Permanent Sovereignty

Of Palestinians, Syrians over Natural Resources in Occupied Territories

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

17^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPOINTMENTS TO FIVE SUBSIDIARY BODIES,

INCLUDING UN ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL, INVESTMENTS COMMITTEE

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

20^th Meeting (AM)

SPEAKERS CONDEMN ISRAEL’S HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES, CALL

FOR INTERNATIONAL DISENGAGEMENT FORCE, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES DEBATE

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

34^th & 35^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SOCIAL COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON YOUTH, WOMEN, PALESTINIAN CHILDREN;

BEGINS DISCUSSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES