Press Release GA/SHC/3662 |
Fifty-sixth General Assembly
Third Committee
38th Meeting (AM)
COUNTRIES TO FOCUS ON RESTORATION OF AFGHAN SOCIETY RESPECTING ALL HUMAN RIGHTS,
SPEAKERS TELL THIRD COMMITTEE
General Debate Opens on Human Rights
Press Release GA/SHC/3662 |
Fifty-sixth General Assembly
Third Committee
38th Meeting (AM)
COUNTRIES TO FOCUS ON RESTORATION OF AFGHAN SOCIETY RESPECTING ALL HUMAN RIGHTS,
SPEAKERS TELL THIRD COMMITTEE
General Debate Opens on Human Rights
Press Release GA/L/3198 |
Fifty-sixth General Assembly
Sixth Committee
26th Meeting (AM)
LEGAL COMMITTEE ENDS CURRENT DEBATE ON PLANS FOR INTERNATIONAL
CRIMINAL COURT, TAKES ACTION ON OTHER ISSUES
Texts Approved on Assistance in Law Training, Relations with Host
Country, General Assembly Observer Status for Global Development Institute
Press Release GA/9964 |
Fifty-sixth General Assembly
Plenary
51st Meeting (PM)
WHILE FOCUS ON TERRORISM WARRANTED, WORLD’S ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, POLITICAL,
HUMANITARIAN CONCERNS NEED ATTENTION, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD
Press Release GA/9963 |
Fifty-sixth General Assembly
Plenary
50th 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
Press Release DC/2820 |
Conference on Facilitating the Entry
into Force of the Comprehensive
Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
5th 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’
Press Release SG/SM/8022 OBV/247 |
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):
Press Release SG/SM/8021 SC/7209 |
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
Press Release SC/7207 |
Security Council
4413th 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
Press Release GA/SHC/3661 |
Fifty-sixth General Assembly
Third Committee
37th 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