Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

65^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, ENDING REVIEW OF UN DISASTER RELIEF ASSISTANCE, SEEKS

HUMANITARIAN AID FOR TAJIKISTAN, HURRICANE-STRICKEN BELIZE

Debate Begins on Issues Related to Oceans, Law of the Sea Convention

Security Council

4429^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH OFFICIALS

OF TRIBUNALS FOR RWANDA, FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda might not complete the trials of current detainees before the year 2007 if its present capacity of nine judges remained unchanged, Judge Navanethem Pillay, the Tribunal's President, told the Security Council this morning.

Security Council

4427^th Meeting (AM)*

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MINURSO MANDATE UNTIL 28 FEBRUARY 2002

In a unanimous decision this morning, the Security Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) until 28 February 2002.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

64^th Meeting (AM)

ASSEMBLY RENEWS CALL FOR END TO UNITED STATES EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA

In Tenth Successive Year, Resolution Is Adopted Asking All

Nations to Refrain from Similar Measures; Text Receives 167 Votes

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON UNITED NATIONS

CONSOLIDATED INTER-AGENCY APPEALS

Following is today’s press statement on the United Nations Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeals by Mignonette Patricia Durrant (Jamaica), President of the Security Council:

ADDRESSING RWANDA CONFERENCE OF GENOCIDE SURVIVORS, SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES

‘THOSE WHO LIVE ON TO REMEMBER AND REBUILD’

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION 1267 (1999)

CONCERNING AFGHANISTAN ISSUES A NEW CONSOLIDATED LIST

(Reissued for technical reasons.)

The new consolidated list consists of two sections:

A.    List pursuant to paragraph 4 (b) of resolution 1267 (1999)

B.    Listpursuant to paragraph 8 (c) of resolution 1333 (2000) 

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

49^th Meeting (AM)

THIRD COMMITTEE HEARS INTRODUCTION OF FIVE DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS

EDUCATION, RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE, OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES

Discussion of Racism, Racial Discrimination Postponed

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

62^nd Meeting (AM)

PRESIDENTS OF YUGOSLAVIA, RWANDA TRIBUNALS REPORT TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

ON YEAR OF ACTIVITIES; QUICKENING OF PACE IS NOTED

Progress Seen in Indictments, Judgements; Some Adjustments,

Improvements Said to Be Needed, With Continued Global Support

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

29^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE TAKES UP FINANCING FOR STRENGTHENED UN STAFF SECURITY,

PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS IN LEBANON, SIERRA LEONE