Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

3^rd Meeting (AM)

ANACHRONISTIC, COLD WAR-ERA THINKING IMPEDES DISARMAMENT EFFORTS,

FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD, AS GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

2^nd Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE REVIEWS WORK OF UN OVERSIGHT BODIES, RECEIVING

REPORTS FROM BOARD OF AUDITORS, JOINT INSPECTION UNIT

Delegates Question Effectiveness of Follow-up Action

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

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

UNPRECEDENTED POLITICAL WILL REQUIRED TO REORIENT UNITED NATIONS AND ACHIEVE

DEVELOPMENT TARGETS, SPEAKERS TELL GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

2^nd Meeting (PM)

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

2^nd & 3^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

COHERENT, COORDINATED POLICIES NEEDED TO ACHIEVE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT,

THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD, AS SUBSTANTIVE SESSION BEGINS

Short-Term Economic Considerations Distract International

Community from Tackling Social Objectives, Under-Secretary-General Says

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

2^nd & 3^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE TOLD OF INITIATIVES ON GLOBAL TRADE RULES

UNCITRAL Chairman Reviews Work on Standards for Infrastructure

Projects, Sustainable Development, Insolvency Law and in Other Areas

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

2^nd Meeting (PM)

IMBALANCES CAST SHADOW OVER WORLD’S ECONOMIC RECOVERY, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL

TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE AT START OF GENERAL DEBATE

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

2^nd Meeting (AM)

‘CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE’ IN COLLECTIVE SECURITY, DIVERSION OF SCARCE RESOURCES

TO ARMS AMONG ISSUES RAISED, AS FIRST COMMITTEE BEGINS DEBATE

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

23^rd & 24^th Meeting (AM & PM)

REFORM OF UNITED NATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM CRUCIAL

TO ACHIEVING MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD

Assembly Also Extends Term of High Commissioner

For Refugees Ruud Lubbers until 31 December 2005

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.