Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

22^nd Meeting (AM)

THREAT OF CHILD LABOUR, NEED FOR PRIORITY ATTENTION TO EDUCATION STRESSED,

AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

18^th Meeting (AM)

CONCLUDING DEBATE ON PATTERN OF CONFERENCES, FIFTH COMMITTEE DELEGATES

INSIST ON NEED TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF SERVICES

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

16^th Meeting (AM)

SECOND COMMITTEE WINDS UP DEBATE ON OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT

WITH REITERATED STRESS ON NEED FOR COORDINATION, FINANCIAL AID

Meeting Opens with Panel Discussion on Capacity-Building, Poverty Eradication

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

15^th Meeting (AM)

FIRST COMMITTEE TEXT CALLS FOR SMALL ARMS REVIEW CONFERENCE BY 2006,

BIENNIAL MEETINGS TO ASSESS ILLICIT ARMS TRADE ACTION PROGRAMME

Six Other Disarmament Draft Resolutions Also Introduced

Disarmament Under-Secretary-General Notes New Demands on Department

LIBRARIES IN BRAZIL, CHINA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

AND UNITED STATES DESIGNATED UNITED NATIONS DEPOSITORY LIBRARIES

(Reissued as received.)

Six libraries, located in Brazil, China, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the United States, have been designated United Nations depository libraries, becoming part of an international network of 404 libraries in

Committee on Relations

with Host Country

209^th Meeting (PM)

HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE APPROVES ANNUAL REPORT

The Committee on Relations with the Host Country this afternoon approved its annual report, by which the General Assembly would extend its deepest condolences to the families of those killed in the terrorist attacks on the host city and country on 11 September.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

12^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ASKED TO REVISE, ENLARGE MEMBERSHIP

OF UN COMMITTEE ON PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE

Fourth Committee, Making Proposal, Also Endorses

                                                            SC/7188/Rev.1*

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

17^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE, DISCUSSING PROVISION OF CONFERENCE SERVICES, HEARS COMPLAINT

OF INEQUALITY OF LANGUAGES IN DOCUMENTATION

Russian Federation Says Gap between English and Others

On United Nations Web Site Is Violation of Principle of Parity

SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS WINNERS OF ‘UN 21 AWARDS, 2000’, PRESENTED

TO STAFF MEMBERS WHO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY OF ORGANIZATION

This is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today at the ceremony in honour of the UN 21 Awards 2000 recipients: