General Assembly: Press Release

FOLLOWING ARE SUMMARIES OF STATEMENTS MADE TO TODAY’S SECOND COMMITTEE (ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL).  A COMPLETE SUMMARY OF TODAY’S MEETING WILL APPEAR AFTER THE MEETING’S CONCLUSION AS PRESS RELEASE GA/EF/3061.

Background

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

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

DELEGATES IN SECOND COMMITTEE UNDERSCORE NEED TO BOOST FUNDING FOR UN-HABITAT,

IMPLEMENT PROGRAMME FOR LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

Committee Tackles Two Topics, Concludes International Trade and Development Debate

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

23^rd Meeting (PM)

DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 2006 CONFERENCE TO REVIEW PROGRESS

AGAINST ILLICIT SMALL ARMS TRADE, AS IT CONCLUDES SESSION

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

58^th Meeting (AM)

AFRICAN COUNTRIES CALL FOR CONTINUED ASSISTANCE TO DEAL WITH LANDMINES,

AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES MINE ACTION DISCUSSION

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

General Committee

4^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS DEFERRAL OF QUESTION OF COMORIAN ISLAND

OF MAYOTTE TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S FIFTY-NINTH SESSION

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

19^th Meeting (AM)

GRAVE CONCERN EXPRESSED OVER DETERIORATING SITUATION IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN

TERRITORIES, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP REPORT ON ISRAELI PRACTICES

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

33^rd Meeting (AM)

GOVERNMENTS APPEAL FOR GREATER INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES

POSED BY RETURNEES, AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DISCUSSION OF REFUGEES

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

22^nd Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE SUPPORTS REVIEW OF PARKING ARRANGEMENTS

FOR UNITED NATIONS PERSONNEL AT NEW YORK HEADQUARTERS

Welcome for Decision of Committee on Relations with Host Country;

United States Says Programme Has Led to Fewer Tickets for Diplomatic Community

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

Panel Discussion

“Science and Technology for

 Sustainable Development”

HARVARD PROFESSOR, BUSINESS EXECUTIVES DETAIL BENEFITS OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

FOR DEVELOPMENT IN SECOND COMMITTEE PANEL DISCUSSION

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

25^th & 26^th Meetings (AM & PM)

AGRICULTURE MUST BE INTEGRATED INTO FREE TRADE RULES AFTER YEARS OF DISCRIMINATION

EXCLUSION, URUGUAY’S DELEGATE TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE

African State Sponsors of ‘Cotton Initiative’ Underline Plight

Of Farmers Devastated by Export Subsidies Paid to Producers in Developed Countries