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General Assembly: Press Release

DC/3172

As Disarmament Commission Concludes Three-Week Session, Chair Says Discussions Established Atmosphere of ‘Mutual Respect and Understanding’

Although the Disarmament Commission had not been able to agree on elements of a draft declaration of the 2010s as the fourth disarmament decade -- the Commission’s main task this year -- a good basis for next year’s deliberations had been achieved, Commission Chairman Andrzej Towpik ( Poland) told delegates today at the closing of its 2009 substantive session.
GA/10820

GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECIDES TO CONVENE HIGH-LEVEL CONFERENCE ON WORLD FINANCIAL CRISIS, AT HEADQUARTERS 1-3 JUNE, ADOPTING RESOLUTION BY CONSENSUS

7 April 2009
General AssemblyGA/10820
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-third General Assembly

Plenary

79th Meeting (AM)


GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECIDES TO CONVENE HIGH-LEVEL CONFERENCE ON WORLD FINANCIAL


CRISIS, AT HEADQUARTERS 1-3 JUNE, ADOPTING RESOLUTION BY CONSENSUS


Also Adopts 11 Texts Recommended by Budget Committee; Peacekeeping Finance,

GA/10819

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, OPENING INTERACTIVE THEMATIC DIALOGUE, CALLS FOR NEW TYPE OF BOTTOM-UP ‘FOOD DEMOCRACY’

6 April 2009
General AssemblyGA/10819
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-third General Assembly

Thematic Dialogue on the

 Right to Food (AM & PM)


GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, OPENING INTERACTIVE THEMATIC DIALOGUE,


CALLS FOR NEW TYPE OF BOTTOM-UP ‘FOOD DEMOCRACY’

 


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