Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

30^th Meeting (AM)

MORE RADICAL STEPS NEEDED TO ELIMINATE TORTURE, THIRD COMMITTEE

TOLD, AS DEBATE BEGINS ON HUMAN RIGHTS QUESTIONS

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

29^th Meeting (PM)

VIEWED NARROWLY AS RIGHT TO SECEDE, SELF-DETERMINATION COULD THREATEN

TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF STATES, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

Discussion of Self-Determination, Racism Concludes

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

27^th and 28^th Meetings (AM & PM)

UN MUST ENSURE SUCCESSFUL SELF-DETERMINATION PROCESS FOR TERRITORIES

FACING REMNANTS OF COLONIALISM, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

Draft Resolutions Introduced on Girl Child, Indigenous People

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

26^th Meeting (AM)

PERSISTENT INEQUITIES, NEW FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION FEATURE, AS THIRD COMMITTEE

CONTINUES DEBATE ON RACISM AND SELF-DETERMINATION

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

24^th & 25^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF LINK BETWEEN COMBATING RACISM AND PROMOTING

DIALOGUE, AS THIRD COMMITTEE BEGINS DEBATE ON RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

23^rd Meeting (AM)

THIRD COMMITTEE DELEGATES SAY COMPLETION OF DRAFT ON INDIGENOUS RIGHTS

IS CRITICAL BY 2004, AS DISCUSSION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE CONCLUDES

Draft Resolution Introduced on Older Women in Society

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

22^nd Meeting (AM)

DELEGATIONS IN THIRD COMMITTEE PRAISE LAUNCH OF PERMAMENT FORUM

ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES

Committee Approves Five Drafts on the Family, Literacy,

Youth Employment, Social Development, Ageing; Six Drafts on Women Introduced

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

21^st Meeting (AM)

CONDITIONS OF PEACE, SECURITY ESSENTIAL FOR CHILDREN’S

PHYSICAL HEALTH, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

Committee Concludes Discussion of Children’s

Issues; Will Consider Indigenous People Tomorrow

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

20^th Meeting (AM)

SITUATION OF CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT CITED AS MAJOR CONCERN,

AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

18^th & 19^th Meetings (AM & PM)

DELEGATIONS IN THIRD COMMITTEE STRESS NEED TO IMPLEMENT PROMISES

TO CREATE ‘WORLD FIT FOR CHILDREN’