Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

7^th Meeting (PM)

MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS POSE GREATEST THREAT, YET DISARMAMENT PLEDGES

LARGELY UNMET, SAYS NIGERIA IN FIRST COMMITTEE’S GENERAL DEBATE

Small Arms Proliferation, Anti-Personnel Mines,

Nuclear-Weapon-Free Middle East Among Other Issues Addressed

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

REAL DISARMAMENT POSSIBLE ONLY THROUGH COMMON SECURITY, STRENGTHENING

EXISTING AGREEMENTS, SAYS RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN FIRST COMMITTEE

As General Debate Continues, Several

Speakers Highlight Need to Preserve 1972 ABM Treaty

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

7^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF VISITORS’ EXPERIENCE PROPOSAL,

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES, DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT

Serious Concerns Expressed Regarding

Budgetary Implications in Information Technology Report

UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME OF FELLOWSHIPS ON DISARMAMENT

STARTS THIRD SEGMENT ON 15 OCTOBER

(Reissued as received.)

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

5^th Meeting (AM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE CONSIDERS QUESTIONS OF GIBRALTAR, WESTERN SAHARA;

TOLD SELF-DETERMINATION ONLY ALTERNATIVE IN DECOLONIZATION PROCESS

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

RAPIDLY AGEING POPULATION WILL STRESS SOCIAL BUDGETS ACROSS GLOBE,

THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

Members of the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) this morning focused on the impact of the world’s rapidly ageing population  -- sparked mainly by new medical technologies -- on efforts to achieve real and sustainable development.

Committee on Inalienable Rights

Of the Palestinian People

259^th Meeting (PM)

SIGNALS OF SUPPORT FROM AROUND WORLD, SUCH AS THAT FOR PALESTINE

STATE, HELP PROMOTE MIDDLE EAST PEACE, COMMITTEE TOLD

Committee on Palestinian Rights Adopts Report to General Assembly

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

UNITED STATES EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES TO FAMILIES OF UN-SUPPORTED

AFGHAN PERSONNEL KILLED IN OPERATIONS AGAINST KABUL

Legal Committee Told Safety of Civilians Has High Priority;

Debate On Protection of Peacekeepers, Other Mission Members is Concluded

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

5^th Meeting (PM)

RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENTS CANNOT STAND ASIDE WHEN CITIZENS SLAUGHTERED

SAYS UNITED STATES, AS FIRST COMMITTEE CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)