Committee on Relations

with Host Country

218^th Meeting (PM)

UNITED STATES DELEGATE SAYS DIPLOMATIC PARKING PROGRAMME IN NEW YORK SUCCESSFUL,

WITH FAR FEWER TICKETS ISSUED

UN Host Country Committee Hears Complaints of Continuing

Problems; Action Promised if Missions Report to Authorities

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

7^th Meeting (PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE FOCUSES ON CORRUPTION, ORGANIZED CRIME, AS DEBATE BEGINS

ON ILLICIT DRUGS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE ISSUES

UNODC Executive Director Highlights Use of Modern Technology

In Money Laundering, Large-Scale Fraud, Attacks on Computer Systems

Committee on the Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

274^th Meeting (AM)

BUILDING OF SEPARATION WALL, CONTINUING SETTLEMENT ACTIVITIES HARMFUL

TO CHANCES OF ACHIEVING PEACE, PALESTINE RIGHTS COMMITTEE TOLD

Palestine Observer Says Recent Quartet Statement

Not Reflective of Tense, Serious Nature of Discussion

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

4^th Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE DISCUSSES PROBLEM OF SANCTIONS AFFECTING ‘THIRD STATES’,

POTENTIAL PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE

Report Received from Special Group on Charter; Observer

Status in General Assembly Recommended for Four Organizations

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

6^th & 7^th Meetings (AM & PM)

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUDS EFFECTIVENESS OF MICROCREDIT AS SECOND COMMITTEE

TAKES UP IMPLEMENTATION OF DECADE FOR ERADICATION OF POVERTY

Millions, Particularly Women, Lifted out of Extreme Poverty, Delegates Told

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

5^th Meeting (AM)

NEW DISARMAMENT APPROACHES IMPERATIVE IN CHANGED POLITICAL CLIMATE

FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD, AS GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

27^th Meeting (AM)

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

25^th & 26^th Meetings (AM & PM)

UNPRECEDENTED POLITICAL WILL REQUIRED TO REORIENT UNITED NATIONS AND ACHIEVE

DEVELOPMENT TARGETS, SPEAKERS TELL GENERAL ASSEMBLY

CORRECTION

In Press Release GA/10168, issued on 7 October, the statement by Syria on page 19 should read:

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS REPORTS OF ‘INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP’

HELPFUL IN ‘GROUNDING’ UNITED NATIONS DECISION-MAKING

Following is the text of remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at a meeting at United Nations Headquarters in New York today of the International Crisis Group:

LIBERIA:  NON-ESSENTIAL MISSIONS ON HOLD

New York, 8 October (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- Although the situation in Monrovia has stabilized, there are reports of fighting between Government troops and rebel factions in Nimba and Bong Mines in north/central Liberia.  Agencies are exercising caution in operating outside of Monrovia, and non-essential missions are on hold, for now.