Sixty-first General Assembly

Fourth Committee

26^th Meeting (AM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE DEFERS ACTION ON 10 DRAFT RESOLUTIONS UNTIL 28 NOVEMBER

Sixty-first General Assembly

General Committee

5^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT GENERAL ASSEMBLY MAKE ROOM IN ITS SCHEDULE

THIS YEAR TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF COMPREHENSIVE DISABILITIES CONVENTION

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

56^th Meeting (AM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING REVIEW CONFERENCE, CALLS FOR STEPS TOWARDS ENSURING

CONVENTION’S CONTINUED EFFECTIVENESS AS BARRIER AGAINST BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISCUSSES LEBANON DEVELOPMENTS WITH PRESIDENTS OF IRAN, SYRIA

 

The following statement was issued on Saturday, 18 November, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

conference participants challenged to use information and communication technology

in boosting projects aimed at attainment of millennium goals

GENEVA EMBODIES WHAT UN STANDS FOR -- AN INTERSECTION OF TOLERANCE, PEACE, DEMOCRACY,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL ON ACCEPTING PRIZE OF FONDATION POUR GENÈVE

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT INAUGURATION OF NEW UNAIDS/WHO HEADQUARTERS, SAYS

BUILDING WILL STRENGTHEN GLOBAL RESPONSE AGAINST KILLER DISEASES

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the inauguration of the new UNAIDS/ WHO Building in Geneva today, 20 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, RECEIVING SCHMIDHEINY FREEDOM PRIZE, PROPOSES INITIATIVE

TO EXPAND BENEFITS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY, MITIGATE RISKS

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Third Committee

49^th Meeting (AM)

THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES NO ACTION ON TEXT CONCERNING HUMAN RIGHTS IN UZBEKISTAN

Approves Draft Resolutions on Refugees,

Follow-Up to Women’s Conference, Use of Mercenaries