Sixty-second General Assembly

Third Committee

35^th Meeting (PM)

THIRTY TWO MEMBER STATES TO COME UNDER MICROSCOPE OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL’S

UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW MECHANISM BY JUNE 2008, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

Review Can Reduce Selectivity, Politicisation of Human

SECRETARY-GENERAL, CONCERNED AT RECENT FIGHTING IN AFGHANISTAN, UNDERLINES CRUCIAL

ROLE OF NATO, AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES IN DETERRING TERRORIST, EXTREMIST GROUPS

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Sixty-second General Assembly

Second Committee

21^st & 22^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

HIGH REPRESENTATIVE, IN SECOND COMMITTEE, PRESCRIBES COHESIVE POLICIES, DEEPER

CIVIL SOCIETY INVOLVEMENT TO HELP POOREST COUNTRIES MEET DEVELOPMENT GOALS

HIGH-LEVEL MEETING TO EXAMINE E-GOVERNMENT PROJECTS IN CARIBBEAN

 

A High-Level Steering Committee Meeting 6 November will examine the outcome of two projects of e-government in Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Sixty-second General Assembly

Plenary

44^th & 45^th Meetings (AM & PM)

ON TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES

TREATY’S UNIVERSALIZATION, DESTRUCTION OF STOCKPILES BY AGREED DEADLINES

Secretary-General encouraged by Lord’s Resistance Army Visit to Kampala,

 

Hopes consultations create momentum towards settlement

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

ACCUSED MEMBERS OF SRI LANKAN BATTALION IN HAITI TO BE REPATRIATED AS OFFICE

OF INTERNAL OVERSIGHT PROBES SEXUAL EXPLOITATION ALLEGATIONS

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Sixty-second General Assembly

Fifth Committee

14^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPOINTMENTS TO SUBSIDIARY BODIES,

INCLUDING NEW INDEPENDENT AUDIT ADVISORY COMMITTEE

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO BEIJING FORUM ON HARMONY AMONG PEOPLES,

 

STRESSES IDEAL OF DIVERSITY AS VIRTUE RATHER THAN THREAT