Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

3^rd Meeting (PM)

AFGHAN, YUGOSLAV LEADERS POINT TO CHANGE AS THEIR SOCIETIES EMERGE FROM CONFLICT

Continuing International Support Stressed as Assembly General Debate Continues

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

2^nd Meeting (AM)

AS GENERAL DEBATE OF 57^TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OPENS, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES

INDISPENSABLE NECESSITY OF MULTILATERALISM

United States President Bush Calls on International Community

To Stand Up for Its Security, Saying Iraqi Government a ‘Grave Danger’

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

General Committee

1^st and 2^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS AGENDA FOR FIFTY-SEVENTH

SESSION TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Decides Not To Recommend Inclusion of Item

On ‘Representation of the Republic of China (Taiwan)’

Biographical Note

GRAHAM MAITLAND OF SOUTH AFRICA:  CHAIRMAN OF FOURTH COMMITTEE

      Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of South Africa to the United Nations, Graham Maitland was elected Chairman of the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) on 17 July.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

1^st Meeting (PM)

WITH ADMISSION OF SWITZERLAND, UNITED NATIONS FAMILY NOW NUMBERS 190 MEMBER STATES

Priorities Listed by President of Fifty-seventh

Session Include Elaboration of Anti-Terrorism Convention

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

112^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES FIFTY-SIXTH SESSION; TRANSMITS 55 REMAINING AGENDA

ITEMS TO FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION SCHEDULED TO OPEN TOMORROW

Assembly President Says Session Characterized as ‘Extraordinary, Unprecedented’

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

111^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY AUTHORIZES WORKING GROUP ON SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM

TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS; DEFERS OTHER MATTERS TO 57th SESSION

The General Assembly authorized its working group on Security Council reform to continue negotiations as it met this morning to consider a number of items that remained on its agenda.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

110^th Meeting (AM)

BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECISION, AFRICAN UNION ASSUMES

OBSERVER RIGHTS OF PREVIOUS CONTINENTAL BODY

UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION SENDS ASSESSMENT MISSION

TO PACIFIC NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORY OF TOKELAU

General Assembly Plenary

Resumed Tenth Emergency Special Session

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

GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEMANDS IMMEDIATE END TO MILITARY INCURSIONS,

VIOLENCE AND TERROR IN MIDDLE EAST