Sixty-first General Assembly

Third Committee

14^th Meeting (AM)

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE SAYS 2006 ‘A TERRIBLE YEAR’ FOR CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT,

AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONTINUES DEBATE ON CHILDREN’S RIGHTS

In Recent War in Lebanon, Other Conflicts,

Sixty-first General Assembly

Sixth Committee

3^rd Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE CONTINUES TERRORISM DEBATE; DELEGATE OF IRAQ REPORTS

DAILY KILLINGS, Heavy DAMAGE AS DEMOCRACY EFFORTS CONTINUE

 

Strong Measures are Urged against Global ‘Scourge’, Taking Account

Sixty-first General Assembly

Second Committee

Special Briefing (PM)

International Monetary Fund, world Bank officials brief Second Committee,

outlining road ahead following annual meeting in singapore

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Second Committee

12^th Meeting (AM)

SECOND COMMITTEE DELEGATES STRESS KEY ROLE OF GOVERNMENTS, OTHER SECTORS

IN HELPING POOR COUNTRIES GAIN ACCESS TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Sixty-first General Assembly

First Committee

12^th Meeting (PM)

Canada seeks treaty to prevent illicit flow of small arms to conflict areas

As assembly’s disarmament committee receives range of new texts

Implementation of Existing Agreements also Discussed;

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fifth Committee

5^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP PERFORMANCE REPORT, BUDGET

 

FOR UNITED NATIONS OPERATION IN BURUNDI

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

28^th & 29^th Meetings (AM & PM)

‘GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT’ REMAINS MORE PHRASE THAN FACT, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO MARK DAY FOR ERADICATION OF POVERTY

‘ACT OF CREATION’ IS COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF UNITED NATIONS FOUNDING,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT LECTURE BY AUTHOR STEPHEN SCHLESINGER

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES CONCLUSION OF STUDY ON VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN;

 

REPORT PRESENTS SOBERING PICTURE, RECOMMENDATION FOR PREVENTION, RESPONSE

 

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan: