Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

17^th Meeting (AM)

TERRORIST USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS, BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION REVIEW

AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED BY 14 TEXTS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

20^th Meeting (AM)             

EUROPEAN UNION QUESTIONS RELEVANCE OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT DEBATE

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

33^rd Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, REVIEWING SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM, IS TOLD

TO END SPEECHMAKING, BEGIN ANALYSIS OF POSSIBLE MODELS

Membership, Veto Powers Remain Contentious Issues;

Delegates Call for Body More Representative of Modern World

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

32^nd Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS TOLD PROLIFERATION OF TRIBUNALS

MAY BE RISK TO UNITY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

Report of World Court Discussed; Speakers Note

Need For Extra Resources to Cope With Increasing Workload

ISMAT KITTANI ‘BROUGHT SKILL AND JUDGEMENT TO ANY ASSIGNMENT, NO MATTER

HOW SENSITIVE’, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL AT MEMORIAL SERVICE

Following is the text of remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the General Assembly Memorial Service for Ismat Kittani in New York today:

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES ‘UTTER REPUGNANCE’ AT MURDER

OF WORSHIPPERS IN PAKISTAN CHURCH

This is the text of a statement today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Security Council                                            SC/7189

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

13^th Meeting (AM)

COMMISSIONER-GENERAL FOR UN RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE,

IN FOURTH COMMITTEE, CITES AGENCY’S NEED FOR FINANCIAL STABILITY

Speakers Criticize Israeli Policies of Closure, Economic Blockade;

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

24^th Meeting (PM)

PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES AN IMPORTANT STEP TOWARDS PARTNERSHIP

WITH INDIGENOUS GROUPS, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

23^rd Meeting (AM)

THIRD COMMITTEE HEARS CALL FOR RATIFICATION OF OPTIONAL PROTOCOL

ON CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT

Importance of Protocol's Entry into Force by 2002 Stressed