Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

33^rd Meeting (AM)

'WE ALL KNOW, INSTINCTIVELY, WHEN RIGHTS ARE BEING VIOLATED,'

HIGH COMMISSIONER TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

32^nd Meeting (PM)

HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTING PROCESS NEEDS IMPROVEMENT, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

Due mainly to a lack of resources, small developing States often faced tremendous difficulties in fulfilling their reporting obligations to international human rights treaty bodies, the representative of Australia told the General Assembly's Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural).

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

31^st Meeting (PM)

SECRETARIAT UNIT, VOLUNTARY FUND FOR PERMANENT INDIGENOUS FORUM

CALLED FOR IN DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY THIRD COMMITTEE

Also Approves Texts on Indigenous Decade, Older Women, Girl Child

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

30^th Meeting (AM)

MORE RADICAL STEPS NEEDED TO ELIMINATE TORTURE, THIRD COMMITTEE

TOLD, AS DEBATE BEGINS ON HUMAN RIGHTS QUESTIONS

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

29^th Meeting (PM)

VIEWED NARROWLY AS RIGHT TO SECEDE, SELF-DETERMINATION COULD THREATEN

TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF STATES, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

Discussion of Self-Determination, Racism Concludes

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

27^th and 28^th Meetings (AM & PM)

UN MUST ENSURE SUCCESSFUL SELF-DETERMINATION PROCESS FOR TERRITORIES

FACING REMNANTS OF COLONIALISM, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

Draft Resolutions Introduced on Girl Child, Indigenous People

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

26^th Meeting (AM)

PERSISTENT INEQUITIES, NEW FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION FEATURE, AS THIRD COMMITTEE

CONTINUES DEBATE ON RACISM AND SELF-DETERMINATION

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

24^th & 25^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF LINK BETWEEN COMBATING RACISM AND PROMOTING

DIALOGUE, AS THIRD COMMITTEE BEGINS DEBATE ON RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

23^rd Meeting (AM)

THIRD COMMITTEE DELEGATES SAY COMPLETION OF DRAFT ON INDIGENOUS RIGHTS

IS CRITICAL BY 2004, AS DISCUSSION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE CONCLUDES

Draft Resolution Introduced on Older Women in Society

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

22^nd Meeting (AM)

DELEGATIONS IN THIRD COMMITTEE PRAISE LAUNCH OF PERMAMENT FORUM

ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES

Committee Approves Five Drafts on the Family, Literacy,

Youth Employment, Social Development, Ageing; Six Drafts on Women Introduced