Press Release

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

19^th & 20^th Meetings (AM & PM)

DELEGATIONS STRESS URGENCY OF FIGHTING TRAFFICKING IN CHILDREN, CHILD LABOUR,

AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONCLUDES REVIEW OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS

Draft Resolutions Introduced on Crime Prevention, Drug Control, Family Issues

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

11^th & 12^th Meetings (AM & PM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE ENDS DEBATE ON MERITS OF DIFFERING DRAFT TEXTS ON

HUMAN CLONING, EFFORTS TO FIND CONSENSUS URGED

Resolutions Approved on UNCITRAL, Administration of Justice at UN

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

17^th Meeting (PM)

IN STATEMENT TO SECOND COMMITTEE, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR

VIGOROUS EXPANSION OF SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION

It’s a Boon to Developing Countries Pursuing Millennium Targets, He Says

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

Panel Discussion on “International

 Cooperation in Tax Matters”

MULTILATERAL APPROACH BEST WAY TO TACKLE CAPITAL FLIGHT, TAX EVASION,

MONEY-LAUNDERING, ATTORNEY TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE PANEL DISCUSSION

Delegates Hear Expert Views on International Cooperation in Tax Matters

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

12^th Meeting (AM)

DISARMAMENT DRAFT TEXT CALLS FOR STRENGTHENED OUTER SPACE

LEGAL REGIME TO AVERT ‘GRAVE DANGER’ OF ARMS RACE

One of 7 Draft Resolutions Introduced;

Missiles, Reducing Nuclear Danger among Other Issues Addressed

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

7^th Meeting (PM)

FINANCIAL STABILITY OF UN ‘UNDER PRESSURE’, SAYS UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL

FOR MANAGEMENT, IN BIANNUAL STATEMENT TO BUDGET COMMITTEE

General Assembly Plenary

Tenth Emergency Special Session

22^nd Meeting (Night)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, IN RESUMED EMERGENCY SESSION, DEMANDS ISRAEL STOP CONSTRUCTION

OF WALL, CALLS ON BOTH PARTIES TO FULFIL ROAD MAP OBLIGATIONS

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

38^th & 39^th Meetings (AM & PM)

ENHANCED PROTECTION OF HUMANITARIAN PERSONNEL, SECURE ENVIRONMENT,

VITAL FOR AID DELIVERY, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD

UN REPORT ON HIV/AIDS SITUATION RECORDS WORLDWIDE IMPACT,

WITH DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES FOR ALL SECTORS

UN EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR SADDENED BY DEATHS

OF AID WORKERS KILLED BY GUNMEN IN SOMALILAND

NEW YORK,21 October (OCHA) -- In a statement today, Jan Egeland, the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, expressed profound sorrow over the killing by unknown gunmen of two aid workers in the town of Sheikh, in northern Somalia.  He also extended his condolences to the bereaved families of the deceased.