Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

3^rd Meeting (PM)

SECOND ANTI-COLONIALISM DECADE, SMALL ISLAND STATES, WESTERN SAHARA

AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE BEGINS GENERAL DEBATE

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

3^rd Meeting (PM)

HIGH INEQUALITY A MAJOR IMPEDIMENT TO ECONOMIC GROWTH,

POVERTY ALLEVIATION, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

Social, Humanitarian, Cultural Committee Open Substantive Session

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

3^rd Meeting (PM)

MORE SUPPORT EXPRESSED FOR INCREASED FINANCIAL, PERSONNEL RESOURCES

FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW COMMISSION

Assembly’s Legal Committee Continues Review of UNCITRAL Annual Report

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

2^nd Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS DISCUSS PLAN TO ENLARGE

UN COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW

Delegates Say Change in UNCITRAL Membership Has Not Matched

Expansion of World body; Views Differ on Extent of Proposed Revision

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

3^rd Meeting (AM)

REMARKABLE UNITY IN WAKE OF 11 SEPTEMBER TERRORIST ATTACK MUST BE USED

TO REINFORCE MULTILATERAL DISARMAMENT REGIME, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Says Realizing Attack’s

Impact if Nuclear, Chemical Weapons Used Committee’s Starting Point

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

4^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE, OPENING CONSIDERATION OF JIU REPORTS,

WELCOMES ESTABLISHMENT OF FOLLOW-UP MECHANISM

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

23^rd Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS BULGARIA, CAMEROON, GUINEA, MEXICO, SYRIA

TO TWO-YEAR TERMS ON SECURITY COUNCIL

Terms to Begin on 1 January 2002

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

9^th Meeting (AM)

AGREED POLICIES NEEDED TO PROTECT RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS,

GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S ECONOMIC COMMITTEE TOLD

Global Movement of Workers Said to Be Driving Force of Development

Background Release

FIRST COMMITTEE BEGINS DEBATE 8 OCTOBER FACING UNFINISHED DISARMAMENT

AGENDA, INCLUDING NUCLEAR, BIOLOGICAL, CHEMICAL WEAPON THREATS

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

22^nd Meeting (PM)

ASSEMBLY WINDS UP WEEK-LONG DEBATE ON ELIMINATION OF TERRORISM

President Sees Debate As Sign

Of International Commitment to Face Down Formidable Challenge