Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

43^rd Meeting (AM)

REFUGEES VICTIMS OF TERRORISM, NOT ITS PERPETRATORS, HIGH COMMISSIONER TELLS

THIRD COMMITTEE, AS REFUGEE DEBATE OPENS

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

44^th Meeting (PM)

WORLD’S BURGEONING REFUGEE PROBLEM REFLECTS INADEQUACIES

OF CURRENT PROTECTION SYSTEM, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

The world's burgeoning refugee problem clearly reflected the inadequacies of the current international protection system, several delegations told the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian, Cultural) this afternoon as its discussions about

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

42^nd Meeting (AM)

PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MINORITIES DESERVES PRIORITY ATTENTION,

THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD AS IT CONCLUDES DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

41^st Meeting (AM)

GLOBALIZATION PROCESS SHOULD BE REDIRECTED TO BENEFIT ENTIRE HUMAN FAMILY,

IRAN TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE, AS HUMAN RIGHTS DISCUSSION CONTINUES

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

40^th Meeting (AM)

PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM POVERTY, HUNGER, POOR HEALTH UNLIKELY

TO ENJOY HUMAN RIGHTS, DELEGATES STRESS IN THIRD COMMITTEE

Importance of Right to Development, Maintenance

Of International Peace, Security Emphasized as Human Rights Debate Continues

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

38^th Meeting (AM)

COUNTRIES TO FOCUS ON RESTORATION OF AFGHAN SOCIETY RESPECTING ALL HUMAN RIGHTS,

SPEAKERS TELL THIRD COMMITTEE

General Debate Opens on Human Rights

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

39^th Meeting (PM)

SITUATION OF MIGRANTS MORE DIFFICULT SINCE 11 SEPTEMBER ATTACKS,

THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD AS HUMAN RIGHTS DEBATE CONTINUES

Committee Hears Rights of Reply from 13 Countries

Responding to Statements Alleging Human Rights Abuses

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

37^th Meeting (PM)

OBSTACLES PUT IN WAY OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS BY GOVERNMENTS HAMPER

ENJOYMENT OF FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

Committee Also Discusses Internally

Displaced Persons, Human Rights in Iran, Cambodia

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

35^th Meeting (AM)

IN THIRD COMMITTEE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR EXPRESSES ‘GRAVE CONCERN’

ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN IRAQ

Other Experts Address Human Rights Situation

in Myanmar, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Yugoslavia

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

36^th Meeting (PM)

SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS TELL THIRD COMMITTEE THAT EVENTS OF 11 SEPTEMBER SEVERELY

AFFECTED EFFORTS TO PROMOTE, PROTECT RIGHTS TO FOOD, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM