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Press Release

GA/EF/3115

INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INVESTMENT, AID MUST COMPLEMENT DEVELOPING-FINANCING EFFORTS BY POOR COUNTRIES, SECOND COMMITTEE MEETING TOLD

12/10/2005
General AssemblyGA/EF/3115
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixtieth General Assembly

Second Committee

10th Meeting (AM & PM)


INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INVESTMENT, AID MUST COMPLEMENT DEVELOPING-FINANCING


EFFORTS BY POOR COUNTRIES, SECOND COMMITTEE MEETING TOLD


Earlier Panel Discussion Focuses on Debt Relief,

GA/DIS/3302

OUTER SPACE ARMS RACE NOW CREDIBLE THREAT, NEW LEGAL AGREEMENT NEEDED TO BLOCK ANY POSSIBLE WEAPON DEPLOYMENT, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

12/10/2005
General AssemblyGA/DIS/3302
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixtieth General Assembly

First Committee

10th Meeting (PM)


OUTER SPACE ARMS RACE NOW CREDIBLE THREAT, NEW LEGAL AGREEMENT NEEDED


TO BLOCK ANY POSSIBLE WEAPON DEPLOYMENT, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD


Seven Draft Texts Introduced; Chemical and Biological Weapons,

SG/SM/10157

UN-PORTUGUESE RELATIONS MARKED BY CLOSE, FRUITFUL COOPERATION ON MANY FRONTS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ON RECEIVING FREEDOM AWARD IN LISBON

11/10/2005
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10157
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

UN-PORTUGUESE RELATIONS MARKED BY CLOSE, FRUITFUL COOPERATION ON MANY FRONTS,


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ON RECEIVING FREEDOM AWARD IN LISBON


Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks on receiving the Grande Colar da Ordem da Liberdade today in Lisbon:

IHA/1094

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS STARTS TWO-DAY MISSION IN SRI LANKA

11/10/2005
Press ReleaseIHA/1094
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS


STARTS TWO-DAY MISSION IN SRI LANKA


COLOMBO/NEW YORK, 11 October (OCHA) -- United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Jan Egeland, arrived in Colombo, Sri Lanka, this morning, 11 October, on a two-day mission.

GA/SPD/317

FOURTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DEBATE ON DECOLONIZATION ISSUES, APPROVING 10 DRAFT TEXTS

11/10/2005
General AssemblyGA/SPD/317
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixtieth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

6th Meeting (AM)


FOURTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DEBATE ON DECOLONIZATION ISSUES,


APPROVING 10 DRAFT TEXTS


Decisions Postponed on Draft Resolutions

Concerning Tokelau, Second Decade on Colonialism

GA/SHC/3819

GENDER EQUALITY, WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT ESSENTIAL TO VISION OF WORLD FREE FROM WANT, FEAR, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD, AS DISCUSSION OF WOMEN’S ISSUES BEGINS

11/10/2005
General AssemblyGA/SHC/3819
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixtieth General Assembly

Third Committee

10th Meeting (PM)


GENDER EQUALITY, WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT ESSENTIAL TO VISION OF WORLD FREE FROM WANT,


FEAR, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD, AS DISCUSSION OF WOMEN’S ISSUES BEGINS

GA/SHC/3817/Corr.1

CRIME IS BOTH CAUSE, CONSEQUENCE OF POVERTY, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD AS IT BEGINS DISCUSSION OF CRIME PREVENTION, INTERNATIONAL DRUG CONTROL

11/10/2005
General AssemblyGA/SHC/3817/Corr.1
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixtieth General Assembly

Third Committee

6th & 7th Meetings (AM & PM)


CRIME IS BOTH CAUSE, CONSEQUENCE OF POVERTY, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD AS IT BEGINS


DISCUSSION OF CRIME PREVENTION, INTERNATIONAL DRUG CONTROL