TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN NOVEMBER 2001

The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in November, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month:

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

27^th Meeting (PM)

RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION NOT SYNONYMOUS WITH INDEPENDENT STATEHOOD,

THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD, AS DEBATE CONTINUES

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

26^th Meeting (AM)

MERCENARIES OFTEN A PRESENCE IN TERRORIST ATTACKS, SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR TELLS

THIRD COMMITTEE AS IT BEGINS DISCUSSIONS ON SELF-DETERMINATION

Committee Chairman Proposes Postponement of Racism, Racial Discrimination Issues

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

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

LEGAL COMMITTEE REVIEWS PROCESS FOR DEALING WITH

DRAFT ARTICLES ON STATE RESPONSIBILITY

Study at Conference of Plenipotentiaries, Following

Adoption of Text by General Assembly, Is Widely Favoured

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

21^st Meeting (AM)

DISASTER REDUCTION, BIODIVERSITY, RENEWABLE ENERGY AMONG ISSUES RAISED,

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

20^th Meeting (PM)

SCOPE OF UN CONVENTIONAL ARMS REGISTER TO REMAIN UNDER REVIEW,

BY DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

Other Texts Address Missiles, Information Security,

Biological Weapons Convention, Latin American Regional Centre

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

20^th Meeting (PM)

SCOPE OF UN CONVENTIONAL ARMS REGISTER TO REMAIN UNDER REVIEW,

BY DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

CORRECTION

On page 8 of Press Release GA/DIS/3215 issued 31 October, the statement in explanation of position by Nepal should read as follows:

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

19^th Meeting (AM)

FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF ANTI-PERSONNEL MINE CONVENTION STRESSED

IN DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

18 Texts Approved; Dual-Use Goods, Regional Disarmament,

Assistance in Curbing Small Arms Traffic among Other Issues Addressed

Fifty-sixth General Assembly                                  GA/AB/3473

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

35^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS TOLD PERMANENT SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS

MUST RESPOND TO WIDESPREAD UNEASE OVER VETO PROCEDURE

Reform Debate Continues; Increase in Membership Widely

Supported, But Speakers Express Concern to Maintain Efficiency