General Assembly

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

54^th Meeting (AM)

ECONOMICALLY VIABLE, NON-MILITARY PALESTINIAN STATE ‘THE BEST BET’,

ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS ASSEMBLY

Different Views Offered on Use of Sanctions,

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

General Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

ASSEMBLY’S GENERAL COMMITTEE DECIDES TO REFER ITEM ON COOPERATION

WITH INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION TO LEGAL COMMITTEE

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

40^th Meeting (AM)

PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM POVERTY, HUNGER, POOR HEALTH UNLIKELY

TO ENJOY HUMAN RIGHTS, DELEGATES STRESS IN THIRD COMMITTEE

Importance of Right to Development, Maintenance

Of International Peace, Security Emphasized as Human Rights Debate Continues

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

53^rd Meeting (PM)

AFGHANISTAN DEVELOPMENTS VICTORY FOR ITS PEOPLE, GLOBAL COMMUNITY,

AFGHANISTAN’S REPRESENTATIVE TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Assembly Hears 14 More Speakers in General Debate;

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

52^nd Meeting (AM)

GLOBAL COOPERATION AFTER 11 SEPTEMBER ATTACKS SEEN AS

POSITIVE SIGN BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKERS

Call for Similar Unity in Face of Other Challenges;

Fourteen More Speakers Heard as Main Debate Continues

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

39^th Meeting (PM)

SITUATION OF MIGRANTS MORE DIFFICULT SINCE 11 SEPTEMBER ATTACKS,

THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD AS HUMAN RIGHTS DEBATE CONTINUES

Committee Hears Rights of Reply from 13 Countries

Responding to Statements Alleging Human Rights Abuses

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

38^th Meeting (AM)

COUNTRIES TO FOCUS ON RESTORATION OF AFGHAN SOCIETY RESPECTING ALL HUMAN RIGHTS,

SPEAKERS TELL THIRD COMMITTEE

General Debate Opens on Human Rights

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

26^th Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE ENDS CURRENT DEBATE ON PLANS FOR INTERNATIONAL

CRIMINAL COURT, TAKES ACTION ON OTHER ISSUES

Texts Approved on Assistance in Law Training, Relations with Host

Country, General Assembly Observer Status for Global Development Institute

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

51^st Meeting (PM)

WHILE FOCUS ON TERRORISM WARRANTED, WORLD’S ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, POLITICAL,

HUMANITARIAN CONCERNS NEED ATTENTION, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

50^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY WARNED OF CONTINUING THREAT FROM GLOBAL WARMING,

RISING SEA LEVEL DANGER TO ISLAND NATIONS

As Main Debate Continues, President of Micronesia Says States

Least Responsible for Problem Are on ‘Front-line’ in Facing Consequence