General Assembly: Press Release

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

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

SPEAKERS CALL FOR ENHANCED WORKING METHODS, GREATER TRANSPARENCY, AS GENERAL

ASSEMBLY BEGINS DEBATE ON ANNUAL REPORT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

5^th Meeting (PM)

MOROCCO AND ALGERIA SHOULD NEGOTIATE FINAL SETTLEMENT OF WESTERN SAHARA QUESTION,

MOROCCAN REPRESENTATIVE TELLS FOURTH COMMITTEE

Declares Morocco’s Readiness to Reach Consensual Text on Political Solution

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

8^th Meeting (AM)

THIRD COMMITTEE HEARS CALL TO ADDRESS GLOBAL SOCIAL, ECONOMIC PROBLEMS

PROVIDING ‘BREEDING GROUND’ FOR ILLICIT DRUGS, TRANSNATIONAL CRIME

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

5^th Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE HEARS SPECIFIC PROPOSALS ON WAYS TO AID

‘THIRD STATES’ AFFECTED BY IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS

Debate Concluded on Report of Special Committee on UN Charter

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

Panel Discussion on

 “Corporate Responsibility”

‘STUNNING LEVEL’ OF BRIBERY TAKING PLACE IN BOTH DEVELOPED, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES,

SECOND COMMITTEE PANEL DISCUSSION TOLD

Need for Greater Transparency in Awarding of Government Contracts Stressed

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT GIVEN ‘LIP SERVICE’, WHILE POSSESSION, DEVELOPMENT

OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS CONTINUES, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

General Committee

3^rd Meeting (AM)

GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS INCLUSION OF TWO ADDITIONAL

ITEMS IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S AGENDA

Also Recommends Assembly Consider Draft Corruption Convention Directly in Plenary

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

7^th Meeting (PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE FOCUSES ON CORRUPTION, ORGANIZED CRIME, AS DEBATE BEGINS

ON ILLICIT DRUGS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE ISSUES

UNODC Executive Director Highlights Use of Modern Technology

In Money Laundering, Large-Scale Fraud, Attacks on Computer Systems

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

4^th Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE DISCUSSES PROBLEM OF SANCTIONS AFFECTING ‘THIRD STATES’,

POTENTIAL PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE

Report Received from Special Group on Charter; Observer

Status in General Assembly Recommended for Four Organizations

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

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

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUDS EFFECTIVENESS OF MICROCREDIT AS SECOND COMMITTEE

TAKES UP IMPLEMENTATION OF DECADE FOR ERADICATION OF POVERTY

Millions, Particularly Women, Lifted out of Extreme Poverty, Delegates Told