Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

36^th Meeting (PM)

PROGRESS, SETBACKS REPORTED BY PRESIDENTS OF INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS

FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA, RWANDA

Yugoslav Tribunal May Refer Certain Cases to National Courts;

Rwanda Court Cites Need for Additional Judges, Greater Cooperation from Rwanda

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

21^st Meeting (AM)

STRENGTHENED MEANS TO KEEP TERRORISTS FROM ACQUIRING MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS

CALLED FOR IN ONE OF NINE DRAFT RESOLUTIONS APPROVED BY DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

Texts also Address Nuclear Weapon Elimination, Dual-Use Technology,

Middle East Nuclear Proliferation, Multilateralism, Central Asia, among Others

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

16^th Meeting (AM)

SWIFT ACTION ON HEADQUARTERS CAPITAL MASTER PLAN

CALLED FOR BY FIFTH COMMITTEE DELEGATES

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fourth Committee

15^th Meeting (PM)

PEACEKEEPING CAPACITY OF ‘WAR-RAVAGED’ AFRICAN CONTINENT MUST BE ENHANCED,

FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD, AS IT CONCLUDES PEACEKEEPING DEBATE

Approves Text Designating 29 May International Day of UN Peacekeepers

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

26^th Meeting (AM)

PERSISTENT INEQUITIES, NEW FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION FEATURE, AS THIRD COMMITTEE

CONTINUES DEBATE ON RACISM AND SELF-DETERMINATION

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Sixth Committee

19^th Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE CALLS FOR MEMBERSHIP OF UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION

ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW TO BE INCREASED

Extra 24 Would Be Elected Next Year:  Debate Ends on Plans

For Treaty on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and their Property

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

17^th Meeting (PM)

SECOND COMMITTEE MEETS TO HEAR INTRODUCTION OF DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON SCIENCE

AND TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION FOR DEVELOPMENT

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

15^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES 11 TEXTS CONCERNING WORK

OF UNITED NATIONS OVERSIGHT BODIES

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

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

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF LINK BETWEEN COMBATING RACISM AND PROMOTING

DIALOGUE, AS THIRD COMMITTEE BEGINS DEBATE ON RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

19^th & 20^th Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMITMENT TO NUCLEAR WARHEAD REDUCTION BY UNITED STATES, RUSSIAN FEDERATION

WELCOMED IN DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

18 Texts Approved Addressing Compliance with Disarmament Agreements,