In progress at UNHQ

Fourth Committee

19 October 2004

GA/SPD/294

IN TIME OF CHALLENGE, PUBLIC INFORMATION CRITICAL TO MAINTAINING SUPPORT FOR UN MANDATES, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS FOURTH COMMITTEE

19/10/2004

Press Release
GA/SPD/294

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

12^th Meeting (PM)

In time of challenge, public information critical to maintaining support

for UN mandates, Under-Secretary-General tells Fourth Committee

Despite Budgetary Constraints, Efforts Being Made to Sharpen

Focus, Seek New Advances, Use New Technologies, Engage Civil Society

(Issued on 20 October 2004.)

18 October 2004

GA/SPD/293/Rev.1

FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT TEXT ON WESTERN SAHARA, WITH 89 ABSTENTIONS AS EFFORTS TO REACH CONSENSUS FAIL

18/10/2004

Press Release
GA/SPD/293/Rev.1*

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

11^th Meeting (PM)

Fourth committee approves draft text on western sahara,

With 89 abstentions as efforts to reach consensus fail

Morocco, Algeria Differ on Approach; Texts Also Approved

On New Caledonia, Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Atomic Radiation

14 October 2004

GA/SPD/292

FOURTH COMMITTEE POSTPONES ACTION ON WESTERN SAHARA DRAFT RESOLUTION, TWO OTHER TEXTS ON DECOLONIZATION QUESTIONS

14/10/2004

Press Release
GA/SPD/292

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

10^th Meeting (AM)

fourth committee postpones action on western sahara draft resolution,

Two other texts on decolonization questions

Committee Also Begins General Debate on Effects of Atomic Radiation

13 October 2004

GA/SPD/291

BENEFITS FROM SPACE EXPLORATION MUST BE SHARED AMONG ALL NATIONS, FOURTH COMMITTEE IS TOLD

13/10/2004

Press Release
GA/SPD/291

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

9^th Meeting (AM)

Benefits from space exploration must be shared

among all nations, fourth committee is told

Developing Countries Said to Need Help to Take Full Advantage

12 October 2004

GA/SPD/290

FOURTH COMMITTEE SEEKS CASE-BY-CASE PROGRAMME, BY END OF 2005, TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION OF UN DECOLONIZATION RESOLUTION

12/10/2004

Press Release
GA/SPD/290

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

8^th Meeting (AM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE SEEKS CASE-BY-CASE PROGRAMME, BY END OF 2005,

TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION OF UN DECOLONIZATION RESOLUTION

Series of Related Texts Approved; Debate is Resumed

On International Cooperation in Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

11 October 2004

GA/SPD/289

FOURTH COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN SAYS PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE HAVE POTENTIAL FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF MILLENNIUM DECLARATION, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

11/10/2004

Press Release
GA/SPD/289

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

7^th Meeting (AM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN SAYS PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE HAVE POTENTIAL

8 October 2004

GA/SPD/288

MOROCCO INVITES ALGERIA TO ENTER INTO DIRECT DIALOGUE ON WESTERN SAHARA, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DISCUSSION OF DECOLONIZATION ISSUES

8/10/2004

Press Release
GA/SPD/288

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

6^th Meeting (PM)

MOROCCO INVITES ALGERIA TO ENTER INTO DIRECT DIALOGUE ON WESTERN SAHARA,

AS FOURTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DISCUSSION OF DECOLONIZATION ISSUES

7 October 2004

GA/SPD/287

PETITIONERS URGE SECURITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER WESTERN SAHARA UNDER CHAPTER VII AS FOURTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE ON DECOLONIZATION

07/10/2004

Press Release
GA/SPD/287

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

5^th Meeting (PM)

6 October 2004

GA/SPD/286

SPEAKERS URGE PRESSURE ON MOROCCO TO COOPERATE IN WESTERN SAHARA REFERENDUM, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE

06/10/2004

Press Release
GA/SPD/286

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

5 October 2004

GA/SPD/285

WESTERN SAHARA, SECOND DECADE TO ERADICATE COLONIALISM AMONG ISSUES IN FOURTH COMMITTEE GENERAL DEBATE

05/10/2004

Press Release
GA/SPD/285

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

3^rd Meeting (PM)

Western sahara, second decade to eradicate colonialism

among issues in fourth committee general debate