General Assembly

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

AFRICAN COUNTRIES STRESS NEGATIVE IMPACT OF CONFLICTS, POVERTY, UNEMPLOYMENT, AIDS

ON SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DEBATE ON SOCIAL ISSUES

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

5^th Meeting (AM)

DELEGATES UNDERLINE IMPORTANCE OF REFORMING PROGRAMME OF WORK

AS SECOND COMMITTEE CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE

Streamlined Agenda Needed in Tackling Major Challenge, Speakers Also Stress

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

4^th Meeting (AM)

FIRST COMMITTEE, ‘CUSTODIAN’ OF INTERNATIONAL DISARMAMENT STRUCTURE,

MUST ENSURE INTEGRITY, RELEVANCE, DELEGATES TOLD

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

3^rd Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE REVIEWS PROPOSALS TO INCREASE PROFITABILITY

OF REVENUE-PRODUCING ACTIVITIES BY UNITED NATIONS

Non-Payment of Assessed Dues also Considered; Exemptions

Suggested for 10 Member States Said to Face Financial Hardships

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

3^rd Meeting (PM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE SPEAKERS CALL FOR GREATER EFFORTS BY ADMINISTERING POWERS

TO HELP REMAINING TERRITORIES ACHIEVE SELF-DETERMINATION

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

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

THIRD COMMITTEE HEARS CALLS FOR PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO CONTRIBUTIONS OF YOUTH,

ELDERLY, DISABLED PERSONS IN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

3^rd & 4^th Meetings (AM & PM)

LACK OF DEVELOPMENT THWARTING CREATION OF DEMOCRACY, ECONOMIC WELL-BEING,

SAY SPEAKERS AS SECOND COMMITTEE CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE

Delegates Stress Need for Responsible Servicing as Crippling Debt Is Deplored

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

3^rd Meeting (AM)

ANACHRONISTIC, COLD WAR-ERA THINKING IMPEDES DISARMAMENT EFFORTS,

FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD, AS GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

2^nd Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE REVIEWS WORK OF UN OVERSIGHT BODIES, RECEIVING

REPORTS FROM BOARD OF AUDITORS, JOINT INSPECTION UNIT

Delegates Question Effectiveness of Follow-up Action

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

25^th & 26^th Meetings (AM & PM)

UNPRECEDENTED POLITICAL WILL REQUIRED TO REORIENT UNITED NATIONS AND ACHIEVE

DEVELOPMENT TARGETS, SPEAKERS TELL GENERAL ASSEMBLY