Legal

Sixtieth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

10^th Meeting (AM)

AS EFFORTS TO RESOLVE CAUSES OF DELAY CONTINUE, ADOPTION OF OVERALL

ANTI-TERRORISM TEXT IS SAID TO BE ATTAINABLE GOAL

With Further Discussion on Difficult Issues, Legal Committee

Sixtieth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

9^th Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE SPEAKERS IDENTIFY ISSUES INVOLVED IN EFFORT

TO ENLARGE PROTECTIONS FOR UNITED NATIONS PERSONNEL

New Protocol to Security Convention May Exclude Disaster Relief

Sixtieth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

8^th Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE REVIEWS EFFORTS TO WIDEN SCOPE OF CONVENTION

ON SECURITY OF UNITED NATIONS AND ASSOCIATED PERSONNEL

New Protocol Said to Be Needed, Accountability to Host Country

Sixtieth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

7^th Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE SPEAKERS URGE REVIEW OF HARMFUL CONSEQUENCES

OF UN SANCTIONS AGAINST COUNTRIES NOT MAIN TARGET

Aim Should Be to Mitigate Humanitarian Effects; Debate Begins

UN ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL LAUNCHES WEBSITE

Sixtieth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

5^th & 6^th Meetings (AM & PM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE ENDS DISCUSSION OF COUNTER-TERRORISM MEASURES;

TO RECEIVE GROUP REPORT ON COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION

Afghanistan Delegate Says ‘Remnants of Taliban, Al-Qaida’--

Sixtieth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

4^th Meeting (AM)

AGREED DEFINITION OF TERM ‘TERRORISM’ SAID TO BE NEEDED FOR CONSENSUS

ON COMPLETING COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION AGAINST IT

Legal Committee Delegate Urges Unity on ‘Enemy to Be Defeated’;

Sixtieth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

3^rd Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE, REVIEWING ISSUES ON COMPLETION OF OVERALL

ANTI-TERRORISM TREATY, NOTES OUTSTANDING DIFFERENCES

Delegates Discuss Need for Definition; Many Describe

Sixtieth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

2^nd Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS STRESS NEED TO UPGRADE

COMMERCIAL LAWS FOR CROSS-BORDER TRANSACTIONS

Review of Annual Report of UNCITRAL Is Concluded

Sixtieth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

1^st Meeting (PM)

ASSEMBLY’S LEGAL COMMITTEE, BEGINNING SUBSTANTIVE WORK, TAKES UP

REPORT OF UN INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW COMMISSION

Major Issue for New Session Likely to Be Need