Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

29^th Meeting (AM)

STATES MUST INTENSIFY NATIONAL EFFORTS TO COUNTER RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION,

THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD, AS DISCUSSION ON THOSE ISSUES CONCLUDES

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

Panel Discussion on “Trade”

PARTICIPANTS IN SECOND COMMITTEE PANEL DISCUSSION AGREE TRADE BEST TOOL

FOR HELPING COUNTRIES REACH GLOBAL ANTI-POVERTY GOALS

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN NOVEMBER

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for November:

Security Council

VAST HUMANITARIAN NEEDS FOUND IN SOUTH KIVU PROVINCE,

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

NEW YORK, 31 October (OCHA) -- A recent humanitarian needs assessment mission conducted jointly by several United Nations agencies has found widespread humanitarian needs in the region from Uvira to Fizi in the South Kivu Province of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

13^th Meeting (AM)

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT, SECRETARIAT POST STRUCTURE

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

50^th & 51^st Meetings (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS UN CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION, OPENS TREATY FOR

SIGNATURE AT HIGH-LEVEL CONFERENCE IN MERIDA, MEXICO, 9-11 DECEMBER

Assembly President Appoints Facilitators for Revitalization Debate; President of International Court of Justice, UNESCO Director General Address Assembly

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

19^th Meeting (PM)

DIFFERING VIEWS HEARD AS LEGAL COMMITTEE DISCUSSES CONDITIONS

FOR STATES, OTHERS TO EXPRESS RESERVATIONS TO TREATIES

Review Continues of Topics in International Law Commission Report

Economic and Social Council

51^st Meeting (PM)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ELECTS MEMBERS TO NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD,

WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME’S EXECUTIVE BOARD, OTHER BODIES

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

18^th Meeting (AM)

HARMFUL EFFECTS OF TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION CITED AS KEY

TO PROPOSED LAW TO GOVERN INTERNATIONAL LIABILITY

Legal Committee Continues Review of Items from Law Commission Report;

Reservations to Treaties, Unilateral Acts of States Next to Be Taken Up

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

12^th Meeting (AM)

PROPOSED BUDGET FOR UN SHOULD REFLECT PRIORITIES SET OUT IN MID-TERM PLAN,

MILLENNIUM GOALS, MAJOR CONFERENCES, FIFTH COMMITTEE DELEGATES STRESS

Concerns Raised about Funding for Development Needs, Extrabudgetary Financing