Sixty-second General Assembly

First Committee

17^th Meeting (AM)

RUSSIAN FEDERATION , UNITED STATES CALL ON STATES TO JOIN TREATY REGIME REJECTING

INTERMEDIATE-RANGE, SHORTER-RANGE MISSILES, IN FIRST COMMITTEE DEBATE

TOKELAU FALLS SHY OF SELF-GOVERNMENT BY 16 VOTES AFTER FOUR DAYS

 

OF BALLOTING IN SELF-DETERMINATION REFERENDUM

 

ATAFU, TOKELAU, 24 October -- The result of Tokelau’s self-determination referendum was announced on the atoll of Atafu, after the fourth and final day of voting on Wednesday.

Sixty-second General Assembly

Fifth Committee

10^th Meeting (AM)

PRESENTING $4.2 BILLION BUDGET FOR 2008-2009 TO ASSEMBLY’S FIFTH COMMITTEE,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS UN RESOURCES ‘NEVER STRETCHED SO THIN’

Delegates Differ on Priorities; Some Seek More Funds for Development,

Sixty-second General Assembly

Plenary

35^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES HIGH-LEVEL DIALOGUE ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT;

LAYS GROUND FOR REVIEW OF PLEDGES MADE IN 2002 ‘ MONTERREY CONSENSUS’

 

Sixty-second General Assembly

Fourth Committee

10^th Meeting (PM)

Sixty-second General Assembly

Third Committee

22^nd & 23^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

NEW HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL COULD HELP PUT RIGHTS ABUSERS

ON NOTICE, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

Quartet Has Paid Little Attention to Human Rights of Palestinians

Sixty-second General Assembly

First Committee

16^th Meeting (AM)

DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE TACKLES BROAD RANGE OF ITEMS, INCLUDING CLUSTER MUNITIONS,

SMALL ARMS, LANDMINES, VERIFICATION OF ARMS CONTROL, DISARMAMENT TREATIES

Sixty-second General Assembly

Fifth Committee

9^th Meeting (AM)

REVIEWING REVISED SCHEME FOR RENOVATION OF UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS,

BUDGET COMMITTEE MEMBERS SEEK ASSURANCES ON COST, RELATED ISSUES

Sixty-second General Assembly

Plenary

33^rd & 34^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Sixty-second General Assembly

Third Committee

20^th & 21^st Meetings (AM & PM)

SEVEN DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON KEY HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES INTRODUCED TO THIRD COMMITTEE

Proposed Unified Standing Treaty Body Not Panacea for Existing Problems