Committee Takes Up Board of Auditors and Oversight Office Reports
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was well-managed,and media allegations to the contrary were unproven. The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) was told this morning.
As the Sixth Committee concluded its discussion of the work of the Preparatory Commission of the International Criminal Court (ICC), speakers again urged early ratification of the Courts Statute and stressed that the Court must not be used as a political tool.
In Name of Trade Liberalization, Wealthy Nations Said to Export Unsustainable Production and Consumption Patterns
Mexico Calls for Transfer of Technology To Help Anticipate and Manage Natural Disaster Impact
According to a draft resolution introduced this morning in the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security), the General Assembly would call upon all States parties to the Biological Weapons Convention to accelerate negotiations for a protocol, including possible verification measures, to strengthen the Convention.
Two draft resolutions, on the operation of the Development Account and on the financing of the United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET), were approved this morning, by the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary).
As Debate Concludes Speakers Raise Issues of Humanitarian Intervention, Sunset Clauses Peacekeeping
