Committee on Relations

with Host Country

219^th Meeting (PM)

HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE TO REVIEW PARKING PROGRAMME

INSTITUTED FOR DIPLOMATIC VEHICLES IN NEW YORK

Annual Report Approved, Stressing Importance

Of Positive Public Perception of United Nations Organization

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

9^th Meeting (AM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE REACHES CONSENSUS ON NEW TEXT SUPPORTING EFFORTS

TOWARDS POLITICAL SOLUTION OF DISPUTE OVER WESTERN SAHARA

European Union, Morocco, Algeria Commend Action, Taken Without

Vote; Debate Begins on Comprehensive Review of UN Peacekeeping Operations

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

13^th & 14^th Meetings (AM & PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE SPEAKERS STRESS IMPORTANCE OF MEASURES TO EMPOWER,

PROTECT WOMEN, AS DEBATE ON WOMEN’S ISSUES CONTINUES

Policy Options Discussed Include Those

Promoting Employment, Economic Opportunities

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

12^th & 13^th Meetings (AM & PM)

DELEGATES STRESS IMPORTANCE OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE AS SECOND COMMITTEE

TAKES UP QUESTIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, DESERTIFICATION, BIODIVERSITY

Speakers Highlight Need to Protect World’s Rapidly Deteriorating Environment

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

10^th Meeting (PM)

DISARMAMENT ‘DOUBLE STANDARDS’, SMALL ARMS THREAT AMONG ISSUES RAISED,

AS FIRST COMMITTEE CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

34^th & 35^th Meetings (AM & PM)

BOLD ACTION BY ALL STAKEHOLDERS REQUIRED TO MOVE IMPLEMENTATION OF AFRICAN

DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE FORWARD, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD

UNDERWATER LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEM DYING THROUGH IGNORANCE, UNEP SURVEY ASSERTS

First ‘World Atlas of Seagrasses’ Reveals Vital Role of Marine Meadows

LONDON/NAIROBI, 14 October (UNEP) - Manatees, dugongs and green sea turtles are just some of the growing list of already threatened species at risk from the destruction of ocean seagrass, a new report has revealed.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS SPACE FLIGHT A STEP FORWARD FOR HUMANKIND

Following is a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS DEADLY GAZA ATTACK ON DIPLOMATS

Following is a statement issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ‘INSTRUMENT OF JUSTICE, NOT EXPEDIENCY’,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS TO BEIJING LAW SYMPOSIUM

Following is the message of Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan to the Symposium on the Comparative Study of International Criminal Law and the Rome Statute in Beijing, 15 October: