Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

34^th Meeting (PM)

QUESTIONS RAISED IN THIRD COMMITTEE REGARDING SUDAN’S USE OF OIL REVENUES;

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR’S QUERY AT ISSUE

CORRECTION

On page 6 of Press Release GA/SHC/3658 issued on 8 November, the statement of the representative of Ethiopia should read as follows:

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

34^th Meeting (PM)

QUESTIONS RAISED IN THIRD COMMITTEE REGARDING SUDAN’S USE OF OIL REVENUES;

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR’S QUERY AT ISSUE

Draft Resolutions Approved on Ageing, Indigenous Peoples

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

33^rd Meeting (AM)

PARTICIPATION OF AFGHAN PEOPLE MUST BE CENTRAL TO POLITICAL RESTRUCTURING THERE,

THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD, AS HUMAN RIGHTS DELIBERATIONS CONTINUE

Committee Also Hears That Root Cause

Of Middle East Conflict Is Israel’s Military Occupation

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

32^nd Meeting (AM)

THIRD COMMITTEE HEARS CALLS FOR PRIORITY ATTENTION TO INCORPORATING

HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY PROVISIONS INTO DOMESTIC LAW

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

31^st Meeting (AM)       

RACISM, INTOLERANCE BOTH CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF VIOLENCE, HIGH COMMISSIONER

TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE, AS DEBATE OPENS ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Afghanistan, Middle East, Racism Conference Among Matters Discussed

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

30^th Meeting (PM)

SELECTIVE APPLICATION OF PRINCIPLE IN UN CHARTER AND DECOLONIZATION DECLARATION

COULD JEOPARDIZE INTERNATIONAL PEACE, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

Committee Also Hears Debate on Western

Sahara, as Discussion on Self-Determination Concludes

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

29^th Meeting (PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES FOUR DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON WOMEN’S ISSUES,

TWO ON CRIME PREVENTION, CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

28^th Meeting (AM)

RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION PRIMARILY CONCERNS THOSE UNDER FOREIGN OCCUPATION OR

COLONIALISM, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD, AS DIFFERING VIEWS ARE EXPRESSED

Delegations expressed conflicting views this morning as the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) continued its discussion on the right to self-determination agenda item.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

27^th Meeting (PM)

RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION NOT SYNONYMOUS WITH INDEPENDENT STATEHOOD,

THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD, AS DEBATE CONTINUES

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

26^th Meeting (AM)

MERCENARIES OFTEN A PRESENCE IN TERRORIST ATTACKS, SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR TELLS

THIRD COMMITTEE AS IT BEGINS DISCUSSIONS ON SELF-DETERMINATION

Committee Chairman Proposes Postponement of Racism, Racial Discrimination Issues