Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

17^th Meeting (AM)

URGENT RATIFICATION OF COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY

CALLED FOR IN ONE OF NINE TEXTS APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

United States Votes against Draft;

Says Opposed to CTBT, Will Not Seek Reconsideration of Senate’s Rejection

Trusteeship Council

Sixty-third session

1708^th Meeting (PM)

TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL MEETS, ELECTS NEW OFFICERS

Meeting for the first time since 1998, the Trusteeship Council this afternoon elected Adam Thomson of the United Kingdom as its President and Michel Duclos of France as its Vice-President.  Both will serve for five year terms in their posts.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

12^th Meeting (AM)

FINANCIAL STABILITY OF UN ‘UNDER PRESSURE’ SAYS UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL

FOR MANAGEMENT AS FIFTH COMMITTEE CONSIDERS 2002-2003 BUDGET

Speakers also Address Conference Services, Language Parity on UN Web Site,

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

35^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, CONCURRENTLY WITH SECURITY COUNCIL, ELECTS

FIVE MEMBERS TO INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

Judges -- Three New, Two Re-Elected -– Will Serve Nine-year Terms

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fourth Committee

12^th Meeting (PM)

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL REVIEWS PAST YEAR’S PEACEKEEPING SUCCESSES,

DETAILS OUTSTANDING ISSUES, IN STATEMENT TO FOURTH COMMITTEE

Says Two-Year Focus on Reform Should Now Shift to Operations

Including Issues of Rapid Development, African Peacekeeping Capacity

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Sixth Committee

17^th Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE, REVIEWING REGULATION OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE,

APPROVES TEXT OF MODEL LAW ON COMMERCIAL CONCILIATION

Report on Measures against Terrorism is Introduced; Current

Debate on Possible Convention against Human Cloning is Concluded

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

13^th Meeting (AM)

SECOND COMMITTEE HEARS PLEA FOR INTERNATIONAL AID TO INTEGRATE

LANDLOCKED, CONFLICT-HIT TRANSITION STATES INTO WORLD ECONOMY

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

16^th Meeting (AM)

IMPLEMENTATION OF DISARMAMENT AGREEMENTS, TERRORISM AND MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS

AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED IN 17 TEXTS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

Governance and accountability were among the key matters addressed by the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) during its three-day consideration of the Board of Auditors reports, Auditor-General of South Africa and Chairman of the Board, Shauket Fakie, said this morning at the conclusion of that discussion.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

22^nd Meeting (AM)

DELEGATIONS IN THIRD COMMITTEE PRAISE LAUNCH OF PERMAMENT FORUM

ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES

Committee Approves Five Drafts on the Family, Literacy,

Youth Employment, Social Development, Ageing; Six Drafts on Women Introduced