General Assembly: Press Release

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

13^th Meeting (AM)

DISARMAMENT PROGRESS CONTRIBUTES TO GLOBAL EFFORT AGAINST TERRORISM

STATES DRAFT TEXT INTRODUCED BY CHAIRMAN IN FIRST COMMITTEE

Thirteen Drafts Introduced, Including Resolutions

On Preserving ABM Treaty, Totally Eliminating Nuclear Weapons

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

16^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF CONFERENCE SERVICES, COMMENDING

MORE RATIONAL USE OF SITES, CONCERNED AT PROBLEMS IN LANGUAGE AREA

UNHCR Representative Outlines Measures

For Improved Verification of Implementing Partner Expenses

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

10^th Meeting (PM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE BEGINS DEBATE ON PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE;

MISSILE DEFENCE SYSTEMS, OUTER SPACE LAW AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

17^th Meeting (AM)

CUSTOMARY PRACTICES AFFECTING WOMEN’S HEALTH LINKED TO POVERTY, THIRD

COMMITTEE TOLD AS IT CONCLUDES DEBATE ON WOMEN’S ISSUES

Women under Taliban Regime Banned

From Working, Attending School, among Other Things

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

13^th Meeting (AM)

IMPACT OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN ON DEVELOPING COUNTRIES HIGHLIGHTED,

AS UNCTAD SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES SECOND COMMITTEE

Also, Executive Secretary for Climate Change Convention

Secretariat Tells Committee Parties Will Meet in Marrakech 29 October

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

12^th Meeting (AM)

UN CONFERENCE BY 2006 ON ELIMINATING NUCLEAR DANGERS CALLED FOR,

AS FIRST COMMITTEE HEARS INTRODUCTION OF SEVEN DRAFT TEXTS

Others Concern Test-Ban Treaty,

Nuclear Waste Disposal, Fissile Material Ban, Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones

Fifty-sixth General Assembly                                  GA/AB/3467

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

30^th Meeting (PM)

NUCLEAR POWER ALTERNATIVE TO FOSSIL FUELS, IAEA DIRECTOR INFORMS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Following Introduction of Agency's Annual Report,

Most Speakers Express Support for Non-Proliferation, Additional NPT Protocols

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

29^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS TOLD ‘CULTURE OF PEACE’ NEEDS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT,

IN AFTERMATH OF 11 SEPTEMBER TERRORIST ATTACKS

Secretary-General Invited to Enlist Peace University;

New Members Are Elected to UNEP Council, Committee for Programme and Coordination

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

16^th Meeting (AM)

ELIMINATING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, INCREASING THEIR POLITICAL PARTICIPATION

AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED, AS THIRD COMMITTEE DEBATE CONTINUES