Sixty-first General Assembly

First Committee

15^th Meeting (AM)

HUGE, SOPHISTICATED CONVENTIONAL ARMS TRADE FLOURISHING IN MORAL, LEGAL

VACUUM, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD IN CONTINUED DEBATE

 

Speakers also Address Illicit Small Arms Trade,

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fifth Committee

7^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE TAKES UP CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT, PROGRAMME PLANNING,

INCLUDING PROPOSED STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR 2008 - 2009

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

34^th & 35^th Meetings (AM & PM)

VENEZUELA TRAILS GUATEMALA IN QUEST FOR TWO-YEAR SEAT ON SECURITY COUNCIL;

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fourth Committee

10^th Meeting (PM)

UNITED NATIONS HAS COMPELLING STORY TO TELL, BUT MUST CLOSE GAP BETWEEN WHAT

PEOPLE WANTED AND WHAT IT COULD DELIVER, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD

Under-Secretary-General for Communication and Public Information

Sixty-first General Assembly

Third Committee

17^th & 18^th Meetings (AM & PM)

DECLARATION ON RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES MUST BE ADOPTED WITHOUT CHANGE

TO AVOID DELAY, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

 

But Several Delegations Call Text Unworkable,

Sixty-first General Assembly

Sixth Committee

5^th & 6^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Sixty-first General Assembly

First Committee

14^th Meeting (AM)

REDUCTION OF NUCLEAR ARSENALS VERIFICATION, CLUSTER MUNITIONS,

AMONG ISSUES RAISED, AS FIRST COMMITTEE CONTINUES DEBATE

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fifth Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT FINANCING, CONSTRUCTION IN ADDIS ABABA, VIENNA

 

AMONG ISSUES TAKEN UP BY BUDGET COMMITTEE

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

32^nd & 33^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS BELGIUM, INDONESIA, ITALY, SOUTH AFRICA

AS NON-PERMANENT MEMBERS OF SECURITY COUNCIL

 

Latin American and Caribbean Vacancy not Filled;

Peacebuilding Commission

Burundi configuration

1^st & 2^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

Challenges facing burundi, requiring international help, indicated

at country-specific meetings of peacebuilding commission