Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

17^th Meeting (AM)

TERRORIST USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS, BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION REVIEW

AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED BY 14 TEXTS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

ISMAT KITTANI ‘BROUGHT SKILL AND JUDGEMENT TO ANY ASSIGNMENT, NO MATTER

HOW SENSITIVE’, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL AT MEMORIAL SERVICE

Following is the text of remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the General Assembly Memorial Service for Ismat Kittani in New York today:

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

19^th Meeting (AM)

SPEAKERS IN SECOND COMMITTEE URGE REVITALIZED POLITICAL MOMENTUM

IN PURSUIT OF AGENDA 21 GOALS

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

33^rd Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, REVIEWING SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM, IS TOLD

TO END SPEECHMAKING, BEGIN ANALYSIS OF POSSIBLE MODELS

Membership, Veto Powers Remain Contentious Issues;

Delegates Call for Body More Representative of Modern World

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

32^nd Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS TOLD PROLIFERATION OF TRIBUNALS

MAY BE RISK TO UNITY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

Report of World Court Discussed; Speakers Note

Need For Extra Resources to Cope With Increasing Workload

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

20^th Meeting (AM)             

EUROPEAN UNION QUESTIONS RELEVANCE OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT DEBATE

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

25^th Meeting (AM)                                           

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

18^th Meeting (PM)

URGENT STEPS TO REDUCE RISK OF ACCIDENTAL USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

CALLED FOR IN DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

Ten Resolutions, Two Decisions Approved; Issues Addressed

Include Convention Banning Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

20^th Meeting (PM) 

`CONSCIOUS HUMAN ACTION, POLITICAL WILL’ CAN REDUCE VULNERABILITY

TO DISASTERS, SECOND COMMITTEE IS TOLD

Concluding Discussion of Implementation of Agenda 21, Committee

Takes up Disaster Reduction, Biodiversity, Small Island Developing States

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

23^rd Meeting (AM)

THIRD COMMITTEE HEARS CALL FOR RATIFICATION OF OPTIONAL PROTOCOL

ON CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT

Importance of Protocol's Entry into Force by 2002 Stressed