Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

25^th Meeting (PM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD PROSPECTS GOOD FOR EARLY COMPLETION

OF PREPARATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

Progress in Number of Signatories, Ratifications; Governing Statute

May Soon Take Effect, with Early Opening Assembly of States Parties

Security Council

4413^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS ON ALL STATES TO INTENSIFY EFFORTS

TO ELIMINATE INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

Resolution 1377 (2001) Adopted Unanimously; Council

Hears Statements by US Secretary of State, 14 Foreign Ministers

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

48^th Meeting (AM)

CONTINUING GENERAL DEBATE, ASSEMBLY SPEAKERS FOCUS ON MIDEAST,

AFRICA, WOMEN IN PEACEKEEPING, CLIMATE CHANGE

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

49^th Meeting (PM)

CALLS FOR RESOLUTE ACTION AGAINST TERRORISM TEMPERED IN ASSEMBLY

BY APPEALS FOR CAUTION IN IDENTIFYING ‘ENEMY’

Agreement Must Be Reached on Unified Definition of Terrorism, Says Libya

Conference on Facilitating Entry

into Force of the Comprehensive

 Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

3^rd Meeting (AM)

NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY ‘PILLAR’ OF SYSTEM CONTROLLING WEAPONS OF MASS

DESTRUCTION, CANADA’S FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS CONFERENCE

17 More Speakers Address Treaty’s Value, Needed Ratifications;

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF TOLERANCE, SAYS RESPONSE

TO 11 SEPTEMBER ATTACKS HAS UNITED GLOBAL FAMILY AS NEVER BEFORE

This is the text of the message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the International Day of Tolerance (being observed on 16 November):

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES IMPLEMENTATION OF LEGAL INSTRUMENTS ON TERRORISM,

RENEWS CALL FOR AGREEMENT ON COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION

Security Council Is Told United Nations ‘Uniquely Placed’

To Foster Cooperation among Governments in Taking Needed Action

Conference on Facilitating Entry

into Force of the Comprehensive

 Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

4^th Meeting (PM)

FRANCE’S FOREIGN MINISTER URGES STATES CRUCIAL TO NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY’S

SUCCESS TO RATIFY IT WITHOUT DELAY, AS HEADQUARTERS CONFERENCE CONTINUES

Twenty-two More Speakers Address Conference;

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Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

46^th Meeting (AM)

UNIVERSAL CONDEMNATION OF TERRORISM CONTINUES IN ASSEMBLY’S GENERAL

DEBATE, COUNTER-ACTION SUPPORTED; FIVE PRESIDENTS HEARD

Global Community Said to Be Unified after 11 September, Efforts

Against Roots of Discontent also Urged; Yasser Arafat Seeks International Monitors