Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

40^th & 41^st Meetings (AM & PM)

SECURITY CONCERNS ARE MAJOR CHALLENGES TO HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS, THIRD COMMITTEE

TOLD, AS IT CONCLUDES DISCUSSION OF REFUGEE ISSUES

Committee Also Hears Introduction of 17 Draft Resolutions on Human Rights

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

39^th Meeting (PM)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

38^th Meeting (AM)

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST DO MORE TO COMBAT RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, ENSURE

RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD, AS DISCUSSION CONCLUDES

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

36^th & 37^th Meetings (AM & PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS SECOND DECADE OF WORLD’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE;

 

CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF RACISM, SELF-DETERMINATION

Six Draft Resolutions Adopted on Youth, UN Crime Programme,

Drug Control, Violence Against Women, Indigenous People, INSTRAW

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

35^th Meeting (AM)

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR INFORMS THIRD COMMITTEE OF RISE OF NEW FORMS OF RACISM,

INCLUDING MANIFESTATIONS IN POLITICAL PLATFORMS, STRUGGLE AGAINST TERROR

Special Rapporteur on Mercenaries Also Addresses Committee

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

34^th Meeting (AM)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

32^nd & 33^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT MUST BE GIVEN SPECIAL ATTENTION, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD,

AS DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONTINUES

Interdependence of Economic, Social, Cultural Rights with Civil,

Political Rights Stressed; Respect for All Human Rights Essential for Development

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

30^th & 31^st Meetings (AM & PM)

EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN SUDAN CITES ‘STRONG INDICATIONS’ OF COMMISSION OF WAR

CRIMES IN DARFUR, AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONTINUES DIALOGUE WITH EXPERTS

Committee also Hears Reports from Special Rapporteurs

On Health, Violence Against Women, Right to Development, Human Trafficking

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

28^th & 29^th Meetings (AM & PM)

IN THIRD COMMITTEE, HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS URGE STRONGER ACTION

BY INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO COUNTER VIOLATIONS

Draft Resolution Approved on UN Literary Decade,

Honour Crimes, UN African Institute for Crime Prevention

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

26^th & 27^th Meetings (AM & PM)

NEED TO PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS WHILE FIGHTING TERRORISM STRESSED, AS THIRD COMMITTEE

HEARS REPORTS ON TORTURE, EXECUTION, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, RIGHT TO FOOD

No Executive, Legislative, Judicial Measure Authorizing Torture,

Cruel Treatment Could Be Considered Lawful under International Law, Expert Says