Third Committee

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

25^th Meeting (AM)                                           

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

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

22^nd Meeting (AM)

THREAT OF CHILD LABOUR, NEED FOR PRIORITY ATTENTION TO EDUCATION STRESSED,

AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

21^st Meeting (PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION ON LITERACY DECADE,

ILLICIT DRUGS, YOUTH, COOPERATIVES, CRIME PREVENTION

Hears Call for Priority Attention to Education of Children in Developing Countries

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

20^th Meeting (AM)

IN CONTINUING DEBATE ON PROTECTION OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS, THIRD COMMITTEE

Hears Calls For Concerted Action Against Aids, Malaria, Tuberculosis

      Although the 1990 World Summit on Children had unquestionably improved the situation of the world's children in many areas, there were still too many children in the world suffering needlessly from a variety of scourges, including armed conflict and exploitation, several speakers told the Third Committee (Humanitarian, Social, Cultural) this afternoon.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

17^th Meeting (AM)

CUSTOMARY PRACTICES AFFECTING WOMEN’S HEALTH LINKED TO POVERTY, THIRD

COMMITTEE TOLD AS IT CONCLUDES DEBATE ON WOMEN’S ISSUES

Women under Taliban Regime Banned

From Working, Attending School, among Other Things

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

16^th Meeting (AM)

ELIMINATING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, INCREASING THEIR POLITICAL PARTICIPATION

AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED, AS THIRD COMMITTEE DEBATE CONTINUES

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

15^th Meeting (PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTIONS, DECISIONS ON AGEING ASSEMBLY,

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, FAMILY, DISABLED PERSONS

Problems of Women in Conflict Areas

Discussed, As Debate on Women’s Issues Continues