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GA/SPD/355
25 October 2006
General AssemblyGA/SPD/355
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fourth Committee

16th Meeting (AM)


SPEAKERS IN FOURTH COMMITTEE VOICE CONCERN OVER SEXUAL ABUSE, EXPLOITATION


BY UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS, SUPPORT FOR ‘ZERO-TOLERANCE’ POLICY


Drawing Down Peacekeeping Missions, Creating New Peacekeeping

GA/L/3303
25 October 2006
General AssemblyGA/L/3303
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-first General Assembly

Sixth Committee

10th Meeting (AM)


DIFFERING APPROACHES ON DIPLOMATIC PROTECTION EMERGE IN LEGAL COMMITTEE


DEBATE ON LAW COMMISSION REPORT; NEED FOR CONVENTION QUESTIONED


Observer Status in General Assembly Recommended for Three Organizations

GA/DIS/3334
25 October 2006
General AssemblyGA/DIS/3334
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-first General Assembly

First Committee

20th Meeting (PM)


DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT REAFFIRMING URGENCY OF PREVENTING


OUTER SPACE ARMS RACE, NEED FOR REINFORCING EXISTING LEGAL REGIME


21 Draft Resolutions Recommended to General Assembly;

GA/10522
25 October 2006
General AssemblyGA/10522
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

40th Meeting (PM)


STALEMATE PERSISTS IN BID FOR NON-PERMANENT SEAT ON SECURITY COUNCIL,


AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOLDS SIX MORE ROUNDS OF SECRET BALLOTS


Assembly President Schedules Six More Voting Rounds Into November;

SG/SM/10694-AFR/1446-PKO/149
23 October 2006
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10694
AFR/1446
PKO/149
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL REVIEWING SUDAN’S REQUEST TO WITHDRAW SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE


The following statement was issued yesterday, 22 October, by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan: