Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

51^st Meeting (PM)

WHILE FOCUS ON TERRORISM WARRANTED, WORLD’S ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, POLITICAL,

HUMANITARIAN CONCERNS NEED ATTENTION, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

50^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY WARNED OF CONTINUING THREAT FROM GLOBAL WARMING,

RISING SEA LEVEL DANGER TO ISLAND NATIONS

As Main Debate Continues, President of Micronesia Says States

Least Responsible for Problem Are on ‘Front-line’ in Facing Consequence

Conference on Facilitating the Entry

into Force of the Comprehensive

 Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

5^th Meeting (AM)

STATES PARTIES STRESS DETERMINATION TO PROMOTE EARLY ENTRY INTO FORCE

OF NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY, AS CONFERENCE CONCLUDES AT HEADQUARTERS

Final Declaration Calls for Moratorium on Nuclear Testing;

Treaty Has 87 Ratifications, but Needs 13 More States from ‘Annex 2’

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF TOLERANCE, SAYS RESPONSE

TO 11 SEPTEMBER ATTACKS HAS UNITED GLOBAL FAMILY AS NEVER BEFORE

This is the text of the message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the International Day of Tolerance (being observed on 16 November):

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES IMPLEMENTATION OF LEGAL INSTRUMENTS ON TERRORISM,

RENEWS CALL FOR AGREEMENT ON COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION

Security Council Is Told United Nations ‘Uniquely Placed’

To Foster Cooperation among Governments in Taking Needed Action

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Security Council

4413^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS ON ALL STATES TO INTENSIFY EFFORTS

TO ELIMINATE INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

Resolution 1377 (2001) Adopted Unanimously; Council

Hears Statements by US Secretary of State, 14 Foreign Ministers

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

37^th Meeting (PM)

OBSTACLES PUT IN WAY OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS BY GOVERNMENTS HAMPER

ENJOYMENT OF FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

Committee Also Discusses Internally

Displaced Persons, Human Rights in Iran, Cambodia

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

25^th Meeting (PM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD PROSPECTS GOOD FOR EARLY COMPLETION

OF PREPARATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

Progress in Number of Signatories, Ratifications; Governing Statute

May Soon Take Effect, with Early Opening Assembly of States Parties

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

49^th Meeting (PM)

CALLS FOR RESOLUTE ACTION AGAINST TERRORISM TEMPERED IN ASSEMBLY

BY APPEALS FOR CAUTION IN IDENTIFYING ‘ENEMY’

Agreement Must Be Reached on Unified Definition of Terrorism, Says Libya