Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Sixth Committee

18^th Meeting (AM) 

LEGAL COMMITTEE URGES ACTION BY STATES TO COUNTER VIOLENCE

AGAINST DIPLOMATIC, INTERGOVERNMENTAL PERSONNEL

Second Text, Approved Today, Seeks General Assembly Appeal

For Wider Adherence to Protocols Protecting Victims of Armed Conflict

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

16^th Meeting (AM)

POVERTY AND ISOLATION REMAIN INTRACTABLE PROBLEM FOR PACIFIC ISLAND FORUM

STATES, DELEGATE TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

18^th Meeting (AM)

STRENGTHENED LEGAL REGIME TO PREVENT OUTER SPACE ARMS RACE

CALLED FOR IN DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

One of Nine Texts Recommended for General Assembly Adoption;

Chemical and Biological Weapons, Small Arms Trade among Other Issues Addressed

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

13^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS ON 2002-2003 BUDGET,

REVIEW OF ADMINISTRATIVE, FINANCIAL FUNCTIONING OF UNITED NATIONS

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fourth Committee

13^th Meeting (PM)

REFORM, PEACEKEEPER MISCONDUCT, CRITERIA FOR SENIOR-LEVEL APPOINTMENTS

AMONG ISSUES RAISED IN FOURTH COMMITTEE DEBATE ON PEACEKEEPING

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

23^rd Meeting (AM)

THIRD COMMITTEE DELEGATES SAY COMPLETION OF DRAFT ON INDIGENOUS RIGHTS

IS CRITICAL BY 2004, AS DISCUSSION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE CONCLUDES

Draft Resolution Introduced on Older Women in Society

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

14^th and 15^th Meetings (AM & PM)

DESERTIFICATION, NATURAL DISASTERS, PLIGHT OF SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES

DOMINATE SECOND COMMITTEE DISCUSSION OF ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

17^th Meeting (AM)

URGENT RATIFICATION OF COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY

CALLED FOR IN ONE OF NINE TEXTS APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

United States Votes against Draft;

Says Opposed to CTBT, Will Not Seek Reconsideration of Senate’s Rejection

Trusteeship Council

Sixty-third session

1708^th Meeting (PM)

TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL MEETS, ELECTS NEW OFFICERS

Meeting for the first time since 1998, the Trusteeship Council this afternoon elected Adam Thomson of the United Kingdom as its President and Michel Duclos of France as its Vice-President.  Both will serve for five year terms in their posts.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

12^th Meeting (AM)

FINANCIAL STABILITY OF UN ‘UNDER PRESSURE’ SAYS UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL

FOR MANAGEMENT AS FIFTH COMMITTEE CONSIDERS 2002-2003 BUDGET

Speakers also Address Conference Services, Language Parity on UN Web Site,