Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Sixth Committee

20^th Meeting (AM)

NEXT STEPS IN FORMATION OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

APPROVED BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S LEGAL COMMITTEE

Election of Judges, Prosecutor, Other Officials Set for Next Year;

Committee also Begins Debate on International Law Commission Report

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

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

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS OFFICIAL TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE

OF NEED FOR INCREASED FUNDING FOR OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

22^nd Meeting (AM)

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, UNITED STATES CALLED ON TO REDUCE NON-STRATEGIC

NUCLEAR WEAPONS BY DRAFT TEXT APPROVED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

Seven Draft Texts Approved, Addressing Among Others,

Mongolian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Status, Disarmament and Development

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

17^th Meeting (AM)

WOMEN STILL UNDER-REPRESENTED IN UPPER ECHELONS OF UNITED NATIONS,

SAYS OFFICE OF INTERNAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES REPORT

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

36^th Meeting (PM)

PROGRESS, SETBACKS REPORTED BY PRESIDENTS OF INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS

FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA, RWANDA

Yugoslav Tribunal May Refer Certain Cases to National Courts;

Rwanda Court Cites Need for Additional Judges, Greater Cooperation from Rwanda

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

21^st Meeting (AM)

STRENGTHENED MEANS TO KEEP TERRORISTS FROM ACQUIRING MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS

CALLED FOR IN ONE OF NINE DRAFT RESOLUTIONS APPROVED BY DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

Texts also Address Nuclear Weapon Elimination, Dual-Use Technology,

Middle East Nuclear Proliferation, Multilateralism, Central Asia, among Others

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

16^th Meeting (AM)

SWIFT ACTION ON HEADQUARTERS CAPITAL MASTER PLAN

CALLED FOR BY FIFTH COMMITTEE DELEGATES

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fourth Committee

15^th Meeting (PM)

PEACEKEEPING CAPACITY OF ‘WAR-RAVAGED’ AFRICAN CONTINENT MUST BE ENHANCED,

FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD, AS IT CONCLUDES PEACEKEEPING DEBATE

Approves Text Designating 29 May International Day of UN Peacekeepers

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

26^th Meeting (AM)

PERSISTENT INEQUITIES, NEW FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION FEATURE, AS THIRD COMMITTEE

CONTINUES DEBATE ON RACISM AND SELF-DETERMINATION

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Sixth Committee

19^th Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE CALLS FOR MEMBERSHIP OF UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION

ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW TO BE INCREASED

Extra 24 Would Be Elected Next Year:  Debate Ends on Plans

For Treaty on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and their Property