Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

5^th Meeting (PM)

AS THIRD COMMITTEE PURSUES DEBATE ON SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS,

SPEAKERS CALL FOR ‘REAL INTERACTION’ WITH DISABLED

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

4^th Meeting (AM)

IMPORTANCE OF PEACE, SECURITY, EDUCATION HIGHLIGHTED

AS THIRD COMMITTEE FOCUSES ON CONCERNS OF YOUTH

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

4^th Meeting (PM)

NEW CONCEPT OF SECURITY NEEDED FOLLOWING 11 SEPTEMBER TERRORIST ATTACK

CHINA TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE, AS GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES

WOMEN’S ROLE IN COUNTERING NATURAL DISASTERS

International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction, 10 October

Every year, on the second Wednesday of October, the international community celebrates the International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction through global events to draw attention to measures which can be taken to reduce the negative impacts of natural disasters on vulnerable communities before disaster strikes.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

5^th Meeting (PM)

MOVES TO FORTIFY REGIME FOR PROTECTION OF UN PERSONNEL

SHOULD BE TAKEN WITH CAUTION, LEGAL COMMITTEE TOLD

Complex Issues Said to be Involved; Consideration

By International Law Commission Mentioned as Possible Course

PRESS STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

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

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

4^th Meeting (AM)

WESTERN SAHARA SETTLEMENT, POLITICAL EQUALITY FOR REMAINING TERRITORIES

AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE’S DEBATE CONTINUES

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

3^rd Meeting (PM)

MORE SUPPORT EXPRESSED FOR INCREASED FINANCIAL, PERSONNEL RESOURCES

FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW COMMISSION

Assembly’s Legal Committee Continues Review of UNCITRAL Annual Report

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

3^rd Meeting (PM)

HIGH INEQUALITY A MAJOR IMPEDIMENT TO ECONOMIC GROWTH,

POVERTY ALLEVIATION, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

Social, Humanitarian, Cultural Committee Open Substantive Session

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS NOW IS TIME TO UNITE AGAINST TERRORISM;

CAUTIONS THAT HUMANITARIAN AID TO AFGHANISTAN MUST CONTINUE

Following is the text of the statement by the President of the General Assembly, Han Seung-soo (Republic of Korea), following the Assembly debate on international terrorism: