General Assembly: Press Release

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

42nd Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS ALGERIA, BENIN, BRAZIL, PHILIPPINES, ROMANIA

TO TWO-YEAR TERMS ON SECURITY COUNCIL, BEGINNING 1 JANUARY 2004

Also Continues Discussion of Global Road Safety, Follow-Up to Major UN Conferences

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

21^st & 22^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

INDIGENOUS ISSUES MUST BE INTEGRATED IN PUBLIC POLICIES, DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES,

THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD, AS DISCUSSION BEGINS

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

18^th & 19^th Meetings (AM & PM)

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS MUST ACT IMMEDIATELY

TO RESOLVE PROBLEMS OF EXTERNAL DEBT, SECOND COMMITTTEE TOLD

They Must Also Take Urgent Measures to Review Their Policies, Speakers Stress

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

13^th Meeting (AM)

CURBING ILLICIT SMALL ARMS TRADE FOCUS IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE,

AS EIGHT DRAFT TEXTS INTRODUCED

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

40^th & 41^st Meetings (AM & PM)

ENHANCING FOLLOW-UP TO MAJOR GLOBAL CONFERENCES, ROLE OF PARTNERSHIPS IN ACHIEVING

DEVELOPMENT TARGETS, AMONG ISSUES RAISED IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

12^th Meeting (PM)

USING BENEFITS OF SPACE SCIENCE FOR ALL HUMANKIND, AVOIDING OUTER SPACE

ARMS RACE STRESSED IN FOURTH COMMITTEE DEBATE

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

19^th & 20^th Meetings (AM & PM)

DELEGATIONS STRESS URGENCY OF FIGHTING TRAFFICKING IN CHILDREN, CHILD LABOUR,

AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONCLUDES REVIEW OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS

Draft Resolutions Introduced on Crime Prevention, Drug Control, Family Issues

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

11^th & 12^th Meetings (AM & PM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE ENDS DEBATE ON MERITS OF DIFFERING DRAFT TEXTS ON

HUMAN CLONING, EFFORTS TO FIND CONSENSUS URGED

Resolutions Approved on UNCITRAL, Administration of Justice at UN

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

17^th Meeting (PM)

IN STATEMENT TO SECOND COMMITTEE, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR

VIGOROUS EXPANSION OF SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION

It’s a Boon to Developing Countries Pursuing Millennium Targets, He Says

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

Panel Discussion on “International

 Cooperation in Tax Matters”

MULTILATERAL APPROACH BEST WAY TO TACKLE CAPITAL FLIGHT, TAX EVASION,

MONEY-LAUNDERING, ATTORNEY TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE PANEL DISCUSSION

Delegates Hear Expert Views on International Cooperation in Tax Matters