Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

37^th Meeting (PM)

OBSTACLES PUT IN WAY OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS BY GOVERNMENTS HAMPER

ENJOYMENT OF FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

Committee Also Discusses Internally

Displaced Persons, Human Rights in Iran, Cambodia

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

36^th Meeting (PM)

SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS TELL THIRD COMMITTEE THAT EVENTS OF 11 SEPTEMBER SEVERELY

AFFECTED EFFORTS TO PROMOTE, PROTECT RIGHTS TO FOOD, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

35^th Meeting (AM)

IN THIRD COMMITTEE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR EXPRESSES ‘GRAVE CONCERN’

ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN IRAQ

Other Experts Address Human Rights Situation

in Myanmar, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Yugoslavia

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