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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York |
COMMITTEE ON STAFF SECURITY CALLS ON COUNTRIES TO JOIN
OPTIONAL PROTOCOL ON SAFETY OF HUMANITARIAN PERSONNEL
Recent Treaty Event Encouraging but Much Broader Action Required
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York |
COMMITTEE ON STAFF SECURITY CALLS ON COUNTRIES TO JOIN
OPTIONAL PROTOCOL ON SAFETY OF HUMANITARIAN PERSONNEL
Recent Treaty Event Encouraging but Much Broader Action Required
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York |
Sixty-first General Assembly
Fourth Committee
12th Meeting (PM)
UNITED NATIONS, AS INDISPENSABLE FOUNDATION OF PEACEFUL AND JUST WORLD,
MUST BE HEARD ‘CLEARLY AND EFFECTIVELY’, SAYS FOURTH COMMITTEE TEXT
Under-Secretary-General Shashi Tharoor Hopeful and Confident
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York |
IN WORLD FOOD DAY MESSAGE, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT URGES INTEGRATED
APPROACH, STRONGER PARTNERSHIPS TO TACKLE HUNGER, POVERTY
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York |
Sixty-first General Assembly
Third Committee
21st & 22nd Meetings (AM & PM)
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York |
Sixty-first General Assembly
Sixth Committee
8th Meeting (AM)
WITH HUMANITARIAN CONVENTIONS NOW WIDELY ACCEPTED, FOCUS MUST BE ON
IMPLEMENTATION, ASSEMBLY’S LEGAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD
Adoption of ‘Red Crystal’ Emblem by Latest Geneva Protocol
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York |
Sixty-first General Assembly
Second Committee
Panel Discussion (PM)
flexible policies needed to address labour, social, economic worries
as globalization picks up pace, panellists tell second committee
Job Dislocation, Income Inequality, Declining Wages Discussed
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York |
Sixty-first General Assembly
Second Committee
Interactive Dialogue (AM)
regional economic commission heads stress importance of boosting capacity
for innovation as second committee holds interactive discussion
Right Partnerships with Universities, Business Essential, Delegates Told
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York |
Sixty-first General Assembly
First Committee
16th Meeting (AM)
DRAFT RESOLUTION ON INTERNATIONAL ARMS TRADE TREATY ONE OF EIGHT TEXTS
INTRODUCED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE
Small Arms, Practical Disarmament Measures,
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York |
Sixty-first General Assembly
Fifth Committee
8th Meeting (PM)
BUDGET COMMITTEE DEBATES ROLE OF COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMME AND COORDINATION
AS UNITED NATIONS’ PRINCIPAL PLANNING, EVALUATION BODY
Most Speakers Stress Committee’s Unique, Critical Role;
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York |
Sixty-first General Assembly
General Committee
3rd Meeting (PM)
GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS INCLUSION OF TWO MORE ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION
BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT CURRENT SESSION