Third Committee

7 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3466

IMPORTANCE OF IMPLEMENTING COPENHAGEN COMMITMENTS STRESSED BY SPEAKERS AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

19981007 Committee Hears Several Calls For Action To Eradicate Poverty, Create Jobs And Promote Social Integration

6 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3465

THIRD COMMITTEE CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ISSUES

19981006 Participation and Inclusion of Elderly and Youth Required To Create Equitable Society for All, Speakers Stress

5 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3464

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IS NOT CHARITY, BUT FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT, USG FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE

19981005 Debate on Questions Relating To Youth, Ageing, Disabled Persons, Family Begins

16 September 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3463

16 December 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3461*

HUMAN RIGHTS DOMINATES THIRD COMMITTEE AGENDA, WITH DEBATE OVER INTEGRATION OF ECONOMIC, POLITICAL RIGHTS

19971216 Of 78 Proposals, 30 Devoted to Human Rights Issues; Right to Development Reaffirmed as Fundamental Human Right

1 December 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3459/

RESOLUTION UNEQUIVOCALLY CONDEMNING TERRORISM APPROVED IN THIRD COMMITTEE

19971201 CORRECTION

On page 20 of Press Release GA/SHC/3459 of 26 November, the fifth paragraph should read as follows:

26 November 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3460

ASSEMBLY WOULD REAFFIRM IMPORTANCE OF RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT FOR EVERY PERSON IN ALL COUNTRIES, ACCORDING TO THIRD COMMITTEE TEXT APPROVED BY VOTE

19971126 Decision To Convene World Conference on Racial Discrimination No Later than 2001 also Approved; Committee Concludes Work for Current Session

26 November 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3459

RESOLUTION UNEQUIVOCALLY CONDEMNING TERRORISM APPROVED IN THIRD COMMITTEE

19971126 Texts Also Approved on Nigeria, Human Rights Instruments, Cooperation in Human Rights, Cambodia, Afghanistan, Tenth Crime Congress

25 November 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3458

ASSEMBLY WOULD REQUEST UN TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ELECTORAL ASSISTANCE TO MEMBER STATES ON CASE-BY-CASE BASIS, BY THIRD COMMITTEE TEXT

19971125

The General Assembly would commend the electoral assistance provided to Member States by the United Nations by the provisions of one of seven draft texts approved by recorded votes in the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) this morning. Four other proposals were approved without a vote.

24 November 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3454/

SELF-DETERMINATION SHOULD COME SOON TO PALESTINIANS IN CURRENT PEACE PROCESS, SOCIAL COMMITTEE ASSERTS CORRECTION

19971124

In the statement by Mohamed Al-Mumaimidi (Iraq) on page 10 of Press Release GA/SHC/3454 of 19 November, the final sentence should read as follows: