Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

15^th & 16^th Meeting (AM & PM)

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS OF SMALL ISLAND STATES HURT BY SHORTFALL IN

INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE, SPEAKERS TELL SECOND COMMITTEE

Some Projects Increase Vulnerability, Say Speakers, Urging New Consensus

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

11^th Meeting (AM)

DANGERS POSED BY PROLIFERATION OF ‘NON-STRATEGIC’ NUCLEAR WEAPONS,

ADDRESSED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION

Ten Texts Introduced on, among Others, Eliminating Nuclear Weapons,

New Disarmament Agenda, Ban on Fissile Material, Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones

General Assembly Plenary

Tenth Emergency Special Session

21^st Meeting (PM)

SPEAKERS IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY EMERGENCY SESSION CONDEMN ISRAEL’S CONSTRUCTION

OF ‘SECURITY BARRIER’, EXPANSIONIST POLICIES

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

37^th Meeting (AM)

UN ENVIRONMENT CHIEF CHALLENGES WORLD'S FINANCIERS

UNEP Launches New Initiative to Shift Investment to Sustainable Energy

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION OF WORLD TOURISM

ORGANIZATION TO GLOBAL UN AGENDA, IN ADDRESS TO BEIJING MEETING

Following is the address delivered by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization (WTO) in Beijing on 19 October: 

UN UNDERTAKES FIRST HUMANITARIAN MISSION TO VOINJAMA, LIBERIA, IN FOUR YEARS

FAO ISSUES DESERT LOCUST ALERT

Mauritania, Niger, Sudan, Neighbouring Countries at Risk

ROME, 20 October (FAO) -- Desert locust outbreaks in Mauritania, the Niger and the Sudan may locally threaten crops, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Monday, issuing an alert to inform affected governments and the international donor community.

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES INCREASED SUPPORT FOR FINAL STAGE

OF

POLIO ERADICATION, IN MESSAGE TO KUALA LUMPUR SUMMIT

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

10^th Meeting (AM)

TRADITIONAL PEACEKEEPING’S TRANSFORMATION INTO MORE ROBUST, COMPLEX

OPERATIONS FOCUS OF DISCUSSION IN FOURTH COMMITTEE