Decision on Millennium Event among Various Actions Taken By Social Committee; Proposal on Death Penalty Shelved for Present Session
Assembly Would Also Call for Continued Judicial Reforms; Text on UN Institute for Women (INSTRAW) Urges Stronger Support for its Activities
Assembly Action Sought; Texts Also Approved on Migrants Protection, Right to Travel; Progress Is Seen in Iran, Despite Continuing Concern
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On page 12 of Press Release GA/SHC/3566 issued 18 November, the first complete paragraph should be replaced by:
Other Texts Urge Human Rights Reforms in Myanmar, Protection Of Aid Workers from Attack, Assistance to Unaccompanied Child Refugees
Assembly Asked To Condemn Threats to Their Security; Other Texts On Rights Violations in Iraq, Human Rights Impact of Globalization
General Assembly also Asked To Urge Free Access For Humanitarian Agencies, End to Recruitment of Children
Session Ends With Action on Human Rights Texts on Kosovo, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Greater international attention to the needs of the growing elderly population was necessary, speakers told the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) this morning, as it continued its discussion of social development questions.
The United Nations system had agreed last week on a process for strengthening its commitment to the goals established at the 1995 World Social Summit in Copenhagen, the Third Committee (Social Humanitarian and Cultural) was told this afternoon, as it continued its discussion of social development questions.