General Assembly

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

15^th Meeting (AM)

IMPACT OF STATE DISPUTES ON ARMS RACE, NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT AMONG ISSUES

ADDRESSED, AS SEVEN MORE DRAFT TEXTS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

9^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE TOLD OF MOVES TO WIDEN MARKETING OF UNITED NATIONS PRODUCTS,

BOTH FOR ADVOCACY AND TO GENERATE INCOME

Series of Texts Approved on Auditing, Oversight, Related Issues

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

13^th Meeting (PM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXTS ENDORSING WORK OF OUTER SPACE COMMITTEE,

URGING FULL SUPPORT FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF 1999 VIENNA SPACE CONFERENCE

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

23^rd Meeting (PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES 7 DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON TRANSNATIONAL CRIME, DRUG CONTROL,

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; CONCLUDES DISCUSSION OF INDIGENOUS ISSUES

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

13^th Meeting (AM)

COUNTRIES NOT YET PARTY TO DOCUMENTS ON INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ARE URGED

TO RATIFY, ACCEDE TO GOVERNING STATUTE

Legal Committee Also Seeks Relationship Agreement Between

Court and United Nations; Text Received on Effects of Sanctions on Third States

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

Panel Discussion on “Microcredit, Poverty

 Eradication and the Empowerment of Women”

SECOND COMMITTEE PANEL DISCUSSION HEARS EXPERTS UNDERLINE IMPORTANT ROLE

OF MICROCREDIT IN RAISING HOUSING INCOMES, BOOSTING LIVING STANDARDS

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

20^th Meeting (AM)

WORLD SUMMIT ON INFORMATION SOCIETY MUST HELP BRIDGE DIGITAL DIVIDE BETWEEN

TECHNOLOGY HAVES AND HAVE-NOTS, SECOND COMMITTEE TOLD

Information Revolution Linked to Freedom, Transparency,

Says Under-Secretary-General for Communication and Public Information

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

14^th Meeting (AM)

TWENTY DRAFT TEXTS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE; EFFECTIVE CONTROL OVER ARMS

TRANSFERS, ENHANCED COMMITTEE ROLE IN SECURITY AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

8^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE DELEGATES VOICE SUPPORT FOR INTERNAL OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES,

CITING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF MONEY RECOVERED

Audits, Inspections, Investigations Address Management

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

42nd Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS ALGERIA, BENIN, BRAZIL, PHILIPPINES, ROMANIA

TO TWO-YEAR TERMS ON SECURITY COUNCIL, BEGINNING 1 JANUARY 2004

Also Continues Discussion of Global Road Safety, Follow-Up to Major UN Conferences