Note to Correspondents

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fourth Committee

18^th Meeting (AM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXTS ON SPACE-BASED INFORMATION FOR DISASTER RESPONSE,

OUTER SPACE COOPERATION, UNIVERSITY FOR PEACE, EFFECTS OF ATOMIC RADIATION

Sixty-first General Assembly

Third Committee

34^th Meeting (AM)

INNOVATIVE APPROACHES NEEDED TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES FACING HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL,

THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD, AS CONCERNS ARE EXPRESSED ABOUT OVERLAP, DUPLICATION

Other Speakers Say Human Rights Issues Continue

Sixty-first General Assembly

Sixth Committee

14^th & 15^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Assembly’s legal committee commends international trade law body For efforts

on secured financing, better access to low-cost credit

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Second Committee

Panel Discussion (PM)

collapse of doha round would reduce World Trade Organization

to trade litigation forum, Second Committee told

 

Panellist’s ‘Free-Riders’ Remark Riles Developing-Country Delegates

Sixty-first General Assembly

Second Committee

23^rd Meeting (AM)

Sixty-first General Assembly

First Committee

23^rd Meeting (PM)

Disarmament Committee Approves Text welcoming Establishment of nuclear-weapon-free

zone in Central Asia, as it concludes session

Seven More Draft Resolutions Recommended to General Assembly;

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fifth Committee

12^th Meeting (AM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES SUPPORT, RESOURCES FOR ‘INVESTING IN PEOPLE’ PROPOSALS,

AS HE PRESENTS REPORT TO BUDGET COMMITTEE

 

Committee Also Recommends $128.5 Million for Burundi Mission

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

42^nd & 43^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY HEAD CALLS FOR LEGALLY BINDING NUCLEAR TEST BAN, BROAD PLAN

TO ADDRESS ENERGY DEMANDS, AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONSIDERS AGENCY’S REPORT

PRE-ELECTION VIOLENCE IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO WORRIES SECRETARY-GENERAL

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