Background Release

GLOBAL EVENTS CHALLENGE TREATY REGIMES FOR MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS,

PROVIDE CORE QUESTION FOR DISARMAMENT DEBATE BEGINNING 6 OCTOBER

The future of the multilateral treaty regimes for weapons of mass destruction and whether they meet the security concerns of all nations will be the core question for the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security), as it begins its general debate on Monday.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

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

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES ANNUAL HIGH-LEVEL DEBATE -- NEED FOR JOINT ACTION

STRESSED CONCERNING DEVELOPMENT, IRAQI RECONSTRUCTION, WEAPONS PROLIFERATION

During Two-week Session, 189 Speakers Heard, Including 77 Heads of State

And Government, 4 Vice-Presidents, 94 Deputy Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

1^st Meeting (AM)

SECOND COMMITTEE ELECTS OFFICERS TO BUREAU, APPROVES WORK PROGRAMME

FOR FIFTY-EIGHTH ASSEMBLY SESSION

The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) elected four officers to its Bureau this morning and approved its programme of work for the fifty-eighth General Assembly session.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

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

ADDRESSING SIGNIFICANT THREATS FACING SMALL ISLAND STATES CRITICAL TO ACHIEVING

GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AGENDA, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

1^st Meeting (AM)

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

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

GENERAL ASSEMBLY HEARS CALLS FOR MULTILATERAL APPROACH AS MOST EFFECTIVE

WAY TO COMBAT TERRORISM, ACHIEVE DEVELOPMENT

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

1^st Meeting (PM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE ELECTS THREE OFFICERS BY ACCLAMATION, DEFERS ELECTION

OF THIRD VICE-CHAIRPERSON TO LATER DATE

The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) elected two Vice-Chairpersons and a Rapporteur this afternoon during its organizational meeting for the fifty-eighth General Assembly session.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

1^st Meeting (AM)

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

1^st Meeting (PM)

SIXTH COMMITTEE ELECTS OFFICERS FOR FIFTY-EIGHTH ASSEMBLY SESSION,

CONVENES AS WORKING GROUP ON REPRODUCTIVE CLONING

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

1^st Meeting (AM)

DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE ELECTS OFFICERS, ADOPTS WORK PROGRAMME

The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) this morning, in an organizational meeting, elected officers and adopted its programme of work and agenda for the fifty-eighth session.