Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

17^th Meeting (AM)

AS SECOND COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT,

SPEAKERS LOOK AHEAD TO JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

16^th Meeting (PM)

MEDITERRANEAN SECURITY, ARMS TRANSPARENCY, REGIONAL DISARMAMENT CENTRES

ADDRESSED BY FIVE DRAFT TEXTS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

19^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE IS URGED TO ENSURE PROVISION OF RESOURCES NEEDED

FOR REFORM OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

22^nd Meeting (AM)

THREAT OF CHILD LABOUR, NEED FOR PRIORITY ATTENTION TO EDUCATION STRESSED,

AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

10^th Meeting (PM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS GENERAL ASSEMBLY GRANT OBSERVER

STATUS TO GROUP OF SAHELO-SAHARAN STATES

Decision Deferred on Sweden-Based Democracy Group; Text

Introduced on Third States Affected by Application of United Nations Sanctions

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

16^th Meeting (AM)

SECOND COMMITTEE WINDS UP DEBATE ON OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT

WITH REITERATED STRESS ON NEED FOR COORDINATION, FINANCIAL AID

Meeting Opens with Panel Discussion on Capacity-Building, Poverty Eradication

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

15^th Meeting (AM)

FIRST COMMITTEE TEXT CALLS FOR SMALL ARMS REVIEW CONFERENCE BY 2006,

BIENNIAL MEETINGS TO ASSESS ILLICIT ARMS TRADE ACTION PROGRAMME

Six Other Disarmament Draft Resolutions Also Introduced

Disarmament Under-Secretary-General Notes New Demands on Department

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

18^th Meeting (AM)

CONCLUDING DEBATE ON PATTERN OF CONFERENCES, FIFTH COMMITTEE DELEGATES

INSIST ON NEED TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF SERVICES

Fifty-sixth General Assembly                                GA/9940

Plenary                                                     26 October 2001

General Committee

Fifty-sixth Session

4^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL ITEM, ‘UNITED NATIONS YEAR

FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE, 2002’ ON GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S AGENDA

The General Committee this morning recommended that an additional item, entitled "United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage, 2002", be included in the agenda for the current General Assembly session.