Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

PM Meeting

WORLD BANK PRESIDENT TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE OF NEED TO BUILD UP CONFIDENCE FOR

GREATER COOPERATION AMONG MULTILATERAL BODIES

Fifty-seventh General Assembly                              GA/EF/3018

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

23^rd Meeting (AM)

DELEGATES CONSIDER SALARY-SCALE ADJUSTMENTS, UN PENSION FUND INVESTMENTS,

FOLLOW-UP TO OVERSIGHT OFFICE RECOMMENDATIONS

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

44^th and 45^th Meetings (AM & PM)

ASSEMBLY IS TOLD LACK OF RESOURCES, HIGH COST OF MEDICINES, CONTINUING

STIGMA REMAIN OBSTACLES IN GLOBAL FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS

Day-Long Review of United Nations Efforts; Debate is Concluded

On Role of Information, Communication Technologies in Development

IN UNCERTAIN TIMES, MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN ABOUT UN,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS TOUR GUIDES

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the 50^th anniversary of guided tours at the United Nations, New York, on 6 November:

“Welcome to the United Nations.  My name is Kofi Annan, I’m from Ghana, and I’ll be your guide today.” 

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE TO HOLD TWENTY-NINTH SESSION

AT PALAIS WILSON FROM 11 TO 22 NOVEMBER

Experts Scheduled to Consider Reports

From Spain,Egypt, Estonia, Cyprus and Venezuela

Background Release                                          HR/4626*

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

40^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO BE ASKED TO ADOPT PROTOCOL ON TORTURE CONVENTION,

SETTING UP INSPECTION REGIME FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS TERMS

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

39^th Meeting (AM)

UN REFUGEE HIGH COMMISSIONER REPORTS DROP IN NUMBER OF PEOPLE NEEDING PROTECTION,

SAYS NEW APPROACH NEEDED TO IMPROVE COOPERATION, IN STATEMENT TO THIRD COMMITTEE

Also Describes 'Development Through Local Integration' Concept;

Suggests New Agreements Needed to Address Nexus Between Migration, Asylum

Committee on the Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

267^th Meeting (AM)

ADOPTING FOUR DRAFT TEXTS, PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE STRESSES

COMMITMENT TO TWO-STATE VISION IN MIDDLE EAST