Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Sixth Committee

15^th Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD PERMANENT CRIMINAL COURT WILL AVOID AMBIGUITIES

IN WORK OF INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

Delegate Speaks of Ongoing Debate about “Selective Justice”; Broad

Support Expressed for New Body, with Inaugural Session Set for March 2003

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Sixth Committee

13^th & 14^th Meetings (AM & PM)

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT HAS SAFEGUARDS AGAINST MISUSE, LEGAL

COMMITTEE IS TOLD; CONCERNS OF DOUBTERS CAN BE ADDRESSED

Most Delegates Express Support; United States, Dissenting, Cites

Problems of Jurisdiction, Due Process, Lack of Security Council Oversight

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Sixth Committee

12^th Meeting (PM)

ISSUES OF DISPUTE SETTLEMENT, PEACEKEEPING, SANCTIONS ARE REVIEWED

AS LEGAL COMMITTEE ENDS DEBATE ON CHARTER REPORT

Observer Status with General Assembly Is Recommended

For International Centre for Migration Policy Development

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Sixth Committee

11^th Meeting (AM)

CONSEQUENCES OF SANCTIONS DISCUSSED AS LEGAL COMMITTEE

TAKES UP REPORT ON STRENGTHENING UNITED NATIONS ROLE

Other Aspects of Charter Review Body also Addressed; Three

Organizations Recommended for Observer Status with General Assembly

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Sixth Committee

10^th Meeting (AM)

COMPLETION OF TWO FURTHER CONVENTIONS AGAINST TERRORISM

IS URGED IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S LEGAL COMMITTEE

Fifty-Seventh General Assembly

Sixth Committee

8^th Meeting (PM)

WORLD COMMUNITY MUST SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE IN FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM,

ASSEMBLY'S LEGAL COMMITTEE TOLD

CORRECTION

On page 4 of Press Release GA/L/3209 of 2 October, the speaker for Sudan, on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, was SIDDIG MOHAMED ABDALLA, and not as erroneously indicated.

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Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Sixth Committee

9^th Meeting (AM)

ASSEMBLY'S LEGAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM SHOULD GO

TO ROOT CAUSES, NOT CONTRAVENE HUMAN RIGHTS, DEMOCRATIC VALUES

Debate Continues on Measures to Meet International Concerns

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Sixth Committee

7^th Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD OBSERVANCE OF HUMANITARIAN LAW CRITICAL

IN ERA WHEN CIVILIANS ARE INCREASINGLY TARGETS IN COMBAT

Debate also Begins on Work Toward Anti-Terrorism Convention

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Sixth Committee

8^th Meeting (PM)

WORLD COMMUNITY MUST SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE IN FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM,

ASSEMBLY’S LEGAL COMMITTEE TOLD

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Sixth Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE HEARS CALLS FOR STEPS TO EXPAND PROTECTION

OF UNITED NATIONS PERSONNEL ON PEACE-RELATED MISSIONS

Members Note Limitations of Existing Convention;