Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

22^nd Meeting (AM)

DISARMAMENT AIMED AT ELIMINATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS CALLED

FOR IN DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

Other Texts Approved Address Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty,

UN Conference on Nuclear Dangers, Small Arms, Africa Centre

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

18^th & 19^th Meetings (AM & PM)

PROPOSED GUIDELINES ON FORMULATION OF RESERVATIONS

TO TREATIES ARE REVIEWED BY LEGAL COMMITTEE

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

37^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON DAY FOR PREVENTING ENVIRONMENTAL

EXPLOITATION IN WAR, DECADE FOR CULTURE OF PEACE FOR CHILDREN

Debates Issue of Global Partnerships

Security Council

4405^th Meeting* (AM)

EXPERT PANEL ON LIBERIA PRESENTS REPORT TO SECURITY COUNCIL,

WITH PROPOSALS FOR FURTHERING PEACE IN MANO RIVER REGION

Violations of Bans on Arms, Diamond Export, Official Travel Investigated;

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

23^rd Meeting (PM)

‘PRACTICAL STEPS’ ON PATH TO NUCLEAR-WEAPON ELIMINATION

STRESSED IN DRAFT TEXT APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

Resolutions Also Approved on Depleted Uranium,

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

22^nd Meeting (AM)

RESPONSIBILITY OF BUSINESS FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS, ENVIRONMENT

REAFFIRMED BY SECOND COMMITTEE SPEAKERS

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

22^nd Meeting (AM)

RESPONSIBILITY OF BUSINESS FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS, ENVIRONMENT

REAFFIRMED BY SECOND COMMITTEE SPEAKERS

PRESS STATEMENT ON LIBERIA BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of today’s press statement on Liberia by M. Patricia Durrant (Jamaica), President of the Security Council:

Members of the Council heard a briefing by the Chairman of the Security Committee established pursuant to Resolution 1343 (2001) concerning Liberia on the two meetings between the Committee and the Panel of Experts on their report (S/2001/1015).

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

21^st Meeting (PM)

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, UNITED STATES CALLED ON TO STRENGTHEN ABM TREATY

UNDER DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

Also Approves Texts on Space Arms Race, Nuclear-Free Africa,

Middle East, Nuclear-Free Southern Hemisphere; Regional Centres

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

22^nd Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPOINTMENTS TO ACABQ, CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE, BOARD

OF AUDITORS, INVESTMENTS COMMITTEE, INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION