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6 November, 2009
GA/AB/3929Budget Committee Recommends Appointments to Subsidiary Bodies

GA/EF/3266Conflicts over Water Have Potential to Be Catalyst for Peace, Cooperation, Specialist Tells Second Committee Panel Discussion

5 November, 2009
GA/10883By Recorded Vote, General Assembly Urges Israel, Palestinians to Conduct Credible, Independent Investigations into Alleged War Crimes in Gaza

GA/AB/3928Committee for Programme and Coordination Reaffirmed as Main Subsidiary Organ for Planning, Coordination in Text Approved by Budget Committee

GA/EF/3265Participation by All Stakeholders Crucial to Meeting Millennium Goals, Second Committee Told during Discussion on Global Partnerships

4 November, 2009
GA/10882‘Leave All Politics and Selectivity at the Door and Take up the Cause of Justice,’ Urges General Assembly President, as Body Takes Up Report on Gaza Conflict

GA/EF/3264Second Committee Told That 35 Million New Homes Must Be Built Annually over Next Quarter Century To Accommodate Soaring Urban Populations

GA/L/3380Legal Committee Is Told Law of Sea Tribunal, with Likely Greater Need for Maritime Adjudications, Raising Visibility

3 November, 2009
GA/10881General Assembly Fills Vacancies on Subsidiary Bodies

GA/EF/3263Some 400 Million People Could Join Ranks of Slum Dwellers by 2020 Unless Urgent Action Is Taken to Reverse Trend, UN–Habitat Tells Second Committee

GA/L/3379Legal Committee Is Told ‘Extradite or Prosecute’ Obligation Is Key Issue in Campaign against Impunity for Crimes

GA/SHC/3964Five ‘Mega-Trends” -- including Population Growth, Urbanization, Climate Change -- Make Contemporary Displacement Increasingly Complex, Third Committee Told

GA/SPD/442Success of UN Relief Agency for Palestine Refugees Also Sign of Collective Failure to Resolve Political Question That Led to Refugee Crisis, Fourth Committee Hears

2 November, 2009
GA/10880‘We Must Let Diplomacy and Thorough Verification Take Their Course’, No Matter How Lengthy, Tiresome Process Might Be, International Atomic Energy Chief Says

GA/DIS/3403Reframing Disarmament Debate in First Committee, Strengthening Multilateralism Advanced Momentum, Led to Approval of 54 Drafts, Chair Says as Session Closes

GA/EF/3262Acceptance of Lesser Climate Deal Will Threaten Existence of Small Islands, Second Committee Told, As It Begins Sustainable Development Debate

GA/L/3378Legal Committee Begins Work on Issues of Extradition, Durability of Treaties, ‘Most Favoured-Nation’ Trading Policies

GA/SHC/3963Third Committee Speakers Say Durban Review Conference Start of New Era in Fight against Racial Discrimination

GA/SPD/441Funding Shortfall for United Nations Palestine Refugee Agency Risks Suspension of Essential Services before End of Year, Agency Head Tells Fourth Committee

30 October, 2009
GA/10879General Assembly Considers Annual Report of Human Rights Council

GA/AB/3927Fifth Committee Speakers Say ‘Catchword’ of Zero Growth for UN Budget Having Negative Impact on Programmes, Mandates, as Two-Day Discussion Concludes

GA/DIS/3402Sending Six Drafts to General Assembly, First Committee Calls for International Day for World Free of Nuclear Weapons, Conference on Arms Trade Treaty in 2012

GA/EF/3260New Governance Regime under Way, Experts Say as Second Committee Holds Panel Discussion on Revitalizing Global Financial System

GA/EF/3261Working Out Differences at Doha Talks Would Be in Best Interest of All Countries, Pakistan Says, as Second Committee Concludes Debate on Trade, Development

GA/L/3377Legal Committee Is Told Judges from Different Fields Reach Common Understanding on Increasingly Complex Global Issues

GA/SPD/440Fourth Committee Sends Draft on Assistance in Mine Action to General Assembly, Aimed at Reducing Risks Posed by Landmines, Explosive Remnants of War

29 October, 2009
GA/10878Presidents of International Criminal Court, International Court of Justice, Present Annual Reports to General Assembly

GA/AB/3925Secretary-General Introduces $4.89 Billion 2010-2011 Budget to Fifth Committee, Says Will Work with Member States ‘in Full Partnership’ on Final Document

GA/DIS/3401First Committee Advances Bold, Sweeping Plans to Reduce Nuclear Weapons Arsenals, Build Confidence, Boost Transparency, Submitting Nine Texts to General Assembly

GA/EF/3259International Community Must Fight Protectionism to Ease Effects of Global Financial Crisis, General Assembly’s Economic Committee Is Told


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