Sixtieth General Assembly

Third Committee

15^th Meeting (AM)

EFFECTS OF POVERTY, CONFLICT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AMONG MAIN TOPICS OF DISCUSSION,

AS THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES UP CHILDREN’S RIGHTS ISSUES

Sixtieth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

7^th Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE SPEAKERS URGE REVIEW OF HARMFUL CONSEQUENCES

OF UN SANCTIONS AGAINST COUNTRIES NOT MAIN TARGET

Aim Should Be to Mitigate Humanitarian Effects; Debate Begins

Sixtieth General Assembly

First Committee

12^th Meeting (PM)

WORLD COMMUNITY HAS ‘BLIND SPOT’ ON GRAVE THREAT FROM GLOBAL

TRADE IN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS, DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE TOLD

Draft Texts Address Humanitarian Impact of Small Arms,

Sixtieth General Assembly

First Committee

11^th Meeting (PM)

LEGALLY BINDING INSTRUMENT NEEDED TO COMBAT ILLICIT SMALL-ARMS TRADE,

WHICH FUELS CONFLICT, UNDERMINES DEVELOPMENT, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

Hears Introduction of Draft Texts

Sixtieth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

4^th & 5^th Meetings (AM & PM)

UN FINANCIAL SITUATION SHOWS ‘ENCOURAGING SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT’,

BUT CONTINUED FRAGILITY, CONTROLLER TELLS BUDGET COMMITTEE

Debate on Accountability, Oversight Also Continues

Sixtieth General Assembly

Plenary

33^rd Meeting (AM)

general assembly concludes debate on new partnership for africa’s development,

decade to roll back malaria

 

UN FOUNDATION COMMITS $1 MILLION TO SOUTH ASIA EARTHQUAKE RELIEF,

SETS UP FUND FOR RECONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION EFFORTS

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Lisbon in the afternoon of Tuesday, 11 October.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, after arriving in Geneva on Thursday morning, 6 October, addressed the Executive Committee of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the first such meeting since António Guterres took up his duties as head of the organization.

COMMITMENTS MADE AT WORLD SUMMIT REPRESENT BREAKTHROUGH IN FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN INTERNATIONAL DAY MESSAGE

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, observed on 17 October: