Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

28^th Meeting (PM)

SPEAKERS URGE COUNCIL TO RESPOND TO MEMBER STATE EXPECTATIONS

OF INCREASED OPENNESS, TRANSPARENCY

Concluding Its Consideration of Secretary-General’s Report on Council,

Assembly Registers Frustration, Particularly From Troop-Contributing States

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

27^th Meeting (AM)

SPEAKERS IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ACKNOWLEDGE IMPROVEMENTS IN SECURITY COUNCIL

WORKING METHODS WHILE CONTINUING TO CRITICIZE REPORT FORMAT

                                                            AFR/343

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

10^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE SPEAKERS INSIST CHANGES IN APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 19

WILL HAVE NO NEGATIVE IMPACT ON PROMPT PAYERS

PRESS STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is today’s statement on the situation in Afghanistan by the President of Security Council, Richard Ryan (Ireland):

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

7^th Meeting (AM)

SELF-DETERMINATION FOR NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES REAFFIRMED

IN DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE

Acting on Decolonization Questions, Committee

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

10^th Meeting (PM)

RISK OF UNAUTHORIZED NUCLEAR-WEAPON USE, MIDDLE EAST SECURITY

AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED IN FIRST COMMITTEE’S GENERAL DEBATE

SECRETARY-GENERAL REGRETS LOSS OF LIFE BY CONFLICT IN AFGHANISTAN,

EXHORTS ALL PARTIES TO MINIMIZE CIVILIAN CASUALTIES

Expresses Dismay at Reports of Taliban Harassment and Beatings of UN Agency Staff

Following is the text of a statement today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

      I regret the tragic loss of life caused by the intensified conflict in Afghanistan.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

8^th Meeting (AM)

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

9^th Meeting (AM)

GLOBAL ECONOMIC DISPARITY INCOMPATIBLE WITH GLOBAL SECURITY

FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD, AS GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES