Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

48^th Meeting (PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE CONCLUDES THREE-DAY DEBATE ON REFUGEE-RELATED ISSUES

New York UNHCR Director Says International Community

Must Now Promote Policies of Prevention, Address Root Causes of Displacement

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

47^th Meeting (AM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION URGING SUPPORT

FOR PALESTINIAN QUEST FOR SELF-DETERMINATION

Committee Approved 9 Other Drafts on Human Rights,

Girl Child, Women, Refugees, Children, Migrants, Torture, Self-Determination

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

28^th Meeting (AM)

FINAL AGREEMENT ELUSIVE, LEGAL COMMITTEE ENDORSES FURTHER WORK

TOWARDS COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION AGAINST TERRORISM

With Needed Political Will, Completion in Near Future

Foreseen; Deferring Other Actions, Committee Ends Work for Session

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

30^th Meeting (PM)

SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFTS ON:  RESOURCES FOR OFFICE OF ECOSOC PRESIDENT;

INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; CODE OF ETHICS FOR TOURISM

Acting without a vote, the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) this afternoon approved two draft resolutions and one draft decision.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

29^th Meeting (AM)

NATURAL RESOURCES OF PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, SYRIAN GOLAN THREATENED

UNDER ISRAELI OCCUPATION, SAY SECOND COMMITTEE SPEAKERS

By Mutual Agreement, Says Israel, Issues Under Discussion

Belong in Direct Bilateral Negotiations, Not in Second Committee

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

61^st Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY AFFIRMS IMPORTANCE OF SOUTH ATLANTIC

TO GLOBAL MARITIME, COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

60^th Meeting (AM) 

PARTNERSHIP WITH PRIVATE SECTOR HIGHLIGHTED AS ASSEMBLY

DEBATES ASSISTANCE IN MINE ACTION

Partnership with the private sector was an important component in addressing the global landmine problem, Canada's representative told the General Assembly this morning as it took up consideration of assistance in mine action.

ASIAN REGIONAL MEETING TO PREPARE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT

BANGKOK, 21 November (UN Information Service) -- A high-level 3 day regional meeting will take place in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, next week -- from 27-29 November -- to articulate the regional position for the world summit on sustainable development to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, next year.

On Saturday afternoon, 17 November, Secretary-General Kofi Annan left New York for an overnight trip to Ottawa, Canada, to talk to the members of the Finance and Development Committees of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund during a private dinner.

                                                            WOM/1303

‘WHEN IT COMES TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, THERE ARE NO GROUNDS FOR TOLERANCE’,