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GA/L/3329
29 October 2007
General AssemblyGA/L/3329
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-second General Assembly

Sixth Committee

18th Meeting (AM)


WORK OF INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION RECOGNIZED AS ASSEMBLY’S


LEGAL COMMITTEE BEGINS WEEK-LONG REVIEW OF 2007 ACTIVITIES


Among Topics for Debate:  Reservations to Treaties, Shared

GA/DIS/3354
29 October 2007
General AssemblyGA/DIS/3354
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-second General Assembly

First Committee

19th & 20th Meetings (PM)


 ‘LOOPHOLES’ IN SMALL ARMS NORMS MUST BE CLOSED, AS ILLICIT WEAPONS WEAKEN STATE


STABILITY, DESTROY ECONOMIC FABRIC, KILL HUNDREDS DAILY, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

DSG/SM/347
29 October 2007
Deputy Secretary-GeneralDSG/SM/347
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Deputy Secretary-General, at opening of United Nations advocacy week


of world churches, stresses key role of civil society groups


Review of Efforts on Global Challenges; Continuing Crises in Many African

Countries Noted, but Account to Be Taken of ‘Significant Strides’ in Others

AFR/1609-PI/1804
29 October 2007
Press ReleaseAFR/1609
PI/1804
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

‘CONNECT AFRICA’ SUMMIT OPENS IN KIGALI


Partnerships Announced to Develop Information and Communications

Technology in the Continent as World Bank Announces Doubling of Financing


(Received from a UN Information Officer.)