Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

26^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE DEFERS REVIEW OF HUMAN RESOURCES, LEGAL AFFAIRS

SECTIONS OF PROGRAMME PROPOSALS FOR 2002-2003

Delegates Express Unease at Some Departmental Responses

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

41^st Meeting (PM)

HISTORY OF HUMANITY BASED FOR TOO LONG ON MUTUAL NEGATION,

REPRESENTATIVE OF ISRAEL TELLS ASSEMBLY

In Second Meeting to Discuss Dialogue among Civilization,

Assembly Speakers Call Tolerance, Understanding 'Imperatives for Survival'

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

40^th Meeting (AM)

TERRORISM DENIES UNIVERSALITY OF VALUES IMPLICIT IN DIALOGUE AMONG CIVILIZATIONS,

INDIA TELLS ASSEMBLY AS TWO-DAY SESSION BEGINS

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

15^th Meeting (AM)

ISRAEL’S CONSTRUCTION, EXPANSION OF SETTLEMENTS CRITICIZED,

AS FOURTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP ISRAELI PRACTICES REPORT

Speakers Say End of Israeli Occupation

Only Acceptable Outcome to Palestinian Struggle

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

32^nd Meeting (AM)

THIRD COMMITTEE HEARS CALLS FOR PRIORITY ATTENTION TO INCORPORATING

HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY PROVISIONS INTO DOMESTIC LAW

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

22^nd Meeting (PM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE IS WARNED PROPOSAL FOR LATE RESERVATIONS

TO TREATY TERMS COULD JEOPARDIZE EXISTING SYSTEM

Study of State Practice Recommended, as Review

of International Law Commission Report Continues

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

25^th Meeting (AM)

STAFF REPRESENTATIVES ADDRESS SALARY EQUITY, COMPETITIVENESS

AS BUDGET COMMITTEE CONTINUES UN COMMON SYSTEM DEBATE

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

39^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS 34 MEMBERS TO INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION

Representatives, Chosen from All Regions, Will Serve 5-year Terms

In two rounds of secret balloting, the General Assembly this morning elected 34 members of the International Law Commission for a period of 5 years starting on 1 January 2002.  They were elected from a list of 45 candidates.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

General Committee

5^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ECOSOC REPORT BE CONSIDERED

DIRECTLY BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY

The General Committee of the General Assemblythis morning recommended to the Assembly that the report of the Economic and Social Council, as a whole, be considered directly in plenary meeting.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

31^st Meeting (AM)       

RACISM, INTOLERANCE BOTH CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF VIOLENCE, HIGH COMMISSIONER

TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE, AS DEBATE OPENS ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Afghanistan, Middle East, Racism Conference Among Matters Discussed