Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

18^th Meeting (AM)

Delegates seek precision, clarity in framing of rules on diplomatic

protection, international liability for injurious acts

 

Legal Committee Continues Debate on Law Commission Report, Written

Views Promised; Defining Nationality of Corporations Said to Be Issue

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

17^th Meeting (AM)

Legal Committee is told draft articles on diplomatic protection

submitted to governments for observations by start of 2006

 

Review of International Law Commission Report Begins; Liability

For Transboundary Harm, Unilateral Acts of States among Other Issues

(Issued on 2 November 2004.)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

16^th Meeting (AM)

Legal committee says states should strictly enforce laws

 

protecting diplomatic missions and personnel

 

Approval for Text Also Seeking Condemnation of Acts of Violence,

Prompt Reporting of Any Attacks to United Nations Secretary-General

(Issued on 1 November 2004.)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

15^th Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE BEGINS NEW REVIEW OF ISSUES ON SUCCESSION OF STATES,

RESPONSIBILITY FOR INTERNALLY WRONGFUL ACTS

 

Work of International Law Commission Noted; Differing Views

Expressed on Future Form of Draft Articles, in Convention or by Assembly Action

(Issued on 29 October 2004)

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Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

13^th Meeting (AM)

COMPLETION OF DRAFT TEXT ON JURISDICTIONAL IMMUNITIES WELCOMED

BY LEGAL COMMITTEE; CLIMAX OF EFFORT BEGUN IN 1977

Debate Concluded on Expansion of Protection for UN, Related Personnel

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

12^th Meeting (AM)

Ethical issues stressed as Legal Committee continues

 

debate on two draft texts on Human Cloning

 

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

11^th Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DIFFERING TEXTS ON ISSUE OF HUMAN CLONING

Some Delegates Favour Convention Imposing Total Ban;

Others Support Exception for Therapeutic and Scientific Research

(Issued on 22 October 2004.)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

9^th & 10^th Meetings (AM & PM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE CONCLUDES REVIEW OF MEASURES AGAINST GLOBAL

TERRORISM, CONSIDERS CONVENTION ON SAFETY OF UN PERSONNEL

In Both Cases, Delegates Seen Stronger Adherence

To Existing International Instruments, Propose Expansion of Protections

(Issued on 21 October 2004.)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

8^th Meeting (AM)

Legal Committee Delegates call for earliest adoption

 

of outstanding anti-terrorism conventions

 

Costa Rica Urges Appointment, by End of 2007, of High Commissioner

on Issue; Afghanistan Seeks Help to Control Remnants of Extremist Elements

(Issued on 20 October 2004.)