Third Committee

Press Release
GA/SHC/3620/Rev.1*

COMMITTEE DEBATES PAST FAILINGS, FUTURE PATHS OF REFUGEE-PROTECTION EFFORTS

Speakers Evoke ‘Forgotten Emergencies’, New Forms of Population Movement

Press release GA/SHC/3620 of 8 November should have read as follows:

Press Release
GA/SHC/3620

COMMITTEE DEBATES PAST FAILINGS, FUTURE PATHS OF REFUGEE-PROTECTION EFFORTS

Speakers Evoke ‘Forgotten Emergencies’, New Forms of Population Movement

Press Release
GA/SHC/3619

CLOSE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION KEY FOR HANDLING FLOW OF REFUGEES, DISPLACED, THIRD COMMITTEE IS TOLD

Press Release
GA/SHC/3618

CONTINUING DISCUSSION OF REFUGEE ISSUES, SPEAKERS IN THIRD COMMITTEE STRESS NEED FOR ADAPTIVE, COLLABORATIVE APPROACH

Security of Humanitarian Personnel High on Committee Agenda

Press Release
GA/SHC/3616/

COMMITTEE DEBATES WORLD REFUGEE MOVEMENT, CONGRATULATES HIGH COMMISSIONER ON 10-YEAR STEWARDSHIP

CORRECTION

The final paragraph of page 10 of the Press Release GA/SHC/3616 of 6 November should read as follows:

Press Release
GA/SHC/3617

PROTECTION OF HUMANITARIAN PERSONNEL, NEED FOR FAIRER BURDEN-SHARING STRESSED AS COMMITTEE DEBATES REFUGEE-RELATED ISSUES

Press Release
GA/SHC/3616

COMMITTEE DEBATES WORLD REFUGEE MOVEMENT, CONGRATULATES HIGH COMMISSIONER ON 10-YEAR STEWARDSHIP

Committee Adopts Text On Palestinian Right to Self-Determination After Recorded Vote

Press Release
GA/SHC/3615

THIRD COMMITTEE ADOPTS TWO DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN –- URGING ELIMINATION OF ‘HONOUR CRIMES’ AND OF ALL FORMS OF VIOLENCE

Inconclusive Debate on ‘Honour Crimes’ Precludes Consensus

Press Release
GA/SHC/3614

SPEAKERS IN THIRD COMMITTEE STRESS IMPERATIVES OF OBJECTIVITY, NON-SELECTIVITY IN CONSIDERATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS SITUTIONS

The clash of perspectives on human rights issues was the focus of vigorous debate this afternoon as the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) continued its consideration of issues related to human rights.

Press Release
GA/SHC/3613

NO COUNTRY IMMUNE TO CRITICISM IN AREA OF HUMAN RIGHTS, SAY SPEAKERS IN THIRD COMMITTEE

No country’s human rights record was perfect, and States should offer help rather than blame when it came to ensuring human rights for the world's vulnerable, the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) was told this afternoon as it continued discussing human rights issues.