General Committee

Fifty-sixth Session

4^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL ITEM, ‘UNITED NATIONS YEAR

FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE, 2002’ ON GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S AGENDA

The General Committee this morning recommended that an additional item, entitled "United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage, 2002", be included in the agenda for the current General Assembly session.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

12^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ASKED TO REVISE, ENLARGE MEMBERSHIP

OF UN COMMITTEE ON PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE

Fourth Committee, Making Proposal, Also Endorses

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Second Committee

15^th Meeting (PM)

SPEAKERS URGE COORDINATION OF UN OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES, NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

STRATEGIES, AS SECOND COMMITTEE CONTINUES DEBATE

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

14^th Meeting (AM)

INADEQUATE RESOURCES KEY ISSUE IN UN DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION,

SECOND COMMITTEE IS TOLD

Constraints, Priorities of Donors Also a Factor, Says Australia’s Representative

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Fifth Committee

17^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE, DISCUSSING PROVISION OF CONFERENCE SERVICES, HEARS COMPLAINT

OF INEQUALITY OF LANGUAGES IN DOCUMENTATION

Russian Federation Says Gap between English and Others

On United Nations Web Site Is Violation of Principle of Parity

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Third Committee

21^st Meeting (PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION ON LITERACY DECADE,

ILLICIT DRUGS, YOUTH, COOPERATIVES, CRIME PREVENTION

Hears Call for Priority Attention to Education of Children in Developing Countries

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Third Committee

20^th Meeting (AM)

IN CONTINUING DEBATE ON PROTECTION OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS, THIRD COMMITTEE

Hears Calls For Concerted Action Against Aids, Malaria, Tuberculosis

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First committee

14^th Meeting (AM)

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Fourth Committee

11^th Meeting (PM)

INTERNATIONAL SPACE LAW NEEDS UPDATING TO MEET

PRESENT-DAY REALITIES, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD

Russian Federation Also Concerned at Weapons in Space; United States,

      Although the 1990 World Summit on Children had unquestionably improved the situation of the world's children in many areas, there were still too many children in the world suffering needlessly from a variety of scourges, including armed conflict and exploitation, several speakers told the Third Committee (Humanitarian, Social, Cultural) this afternoon.