The United Nations and Decolonization
Special Political and Decolonization Committee (4th Committee) of the General Assembly - Press Releases
2011
- 10 November, 2011 - GA/SPD/499
Fourth Committee Concludes Work, Sending Total of 26 Drafts to General Assembly, Including Recommendation to Expand Scientific Committee’s Membership
- 8 November, 2011 - GA/SPD/498
‘If Door to Israeli-Palestinian Peace Closes, Very Hard To Reopen’, Fourth Committee Delegate Says, Urging Bold Decisions for Sake of All in Region
- 4 November, 2011 - GA/SPD/497
Opportunity for Israeli-Palestinian Peace ‘Slipping Away’, Fourth Committee Hears During Consideration of Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices
- 1 November, 2011 - GA/SPD/496
Palestinian Refugee Agency’s Task of Serving as Lifeline to Millions amid Habitual Budgetary Constraints, Complex Political Environment, Focus in Fourth Committee
- 31 October, 2011 - GA/SPD/495
Palestinian Refugees Watch Change Recast Middle East, Frustrated by Own Lack of Progress towards Ending 60-Year Plight, Fourth Committee Told
- 28 October, 2011 - GA/SPD/494
Anti-Personnel Mines ‘Perverse’— Triggered by Victims, Not Combatants, Fourth Committee Delegate Declares, as Draft Approved to Assist Location, Removal
- 27 October, 2011 - GA/SPD/493
Fourth Committee Delegate Says Full-Scale Military Operations No Replacement for Diplomacy, Warning against Politicization of United Nations Peacekeeping
- 26 October, 2011 - GA/SPD/492
‘Creeping Perception’ in Peacekeeping that Countries Are Either Troop Contributors or Troop Funders Can Hinder Multilateral Engagement, Fourth Committee Hears
- 25 October, 2011 - GA/SPD/491
International Community Asked to ‘Bow Head’ in Memory of Those Who Pay Ultimate Price for Peace, as Fourth Committee Debate Centres on Respect for Host Country
- 24 October, 2011 - GA/SPD/490
United Nations Peacekeeping Has ‘Responsibility and Privilege’ to Serve Those Grasping Promise of Peace, Security, Prosperity, Fourth Committee Told
- 21 October, 2011 - GA/SPD/489
United Nations Scientific Committee on Effects of Atomic Radiation Increasingly Important with Growing Use of Nuclear Energy, Fourth Committee Hears
- 20 October, 2011 - GA/SPD/488
Delegations in Fourth Committee Herald United Nations as ‘Only Credible Advocate’ for Peaceful World, Forward Two Drafts on Information to General Assembly
- 19 October, 2011 - GA/SPD/487
Some Speakers in Fourth Committee Praise New Media for ‘Direct Access to Emotional Part of Public Opinion’, Others Caution Over-Reliance, during Information Debate
- 18 October, 2011 - GA/SPD/486
Highlighting Efforts to Expand Use of Traditional, New Media, Communications Chief Says Information Department Aims for Agility, Flexibility, Innovation
- 13 October, 2011 - GA/SPD/485
Setting Spacefaring Nations against Non-Spacefaring Ones Rejected in Fourth Committee as Debate Centres on Cooperative, Not Competitive, Use of Space
- 12 October, 2011 - GA/SPD/484
Value, Inherent Risks of Space Technology Spotlighted in Fourth Committee, with Emphasis on Equal Access to Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes
- 11 October, 2011 - GA/SPD/483
Following Recorded Votes, Fourth Committee Forwards Five Draft Resolutions on Decolonization to General Assembly for Adoption
- 10 October, 2011 - GA/SPD/482
Fourth Committee Approves Five Consensus Texts Reaffirming Inalienable Right to Self-Determination and Independence
- 6 October, 2011 - GA/SPD/481
With Possibility Looming of Another ‘Lost Decade’ for Decolonization Process, Speakers in Fourth Committee Press for Concrete Actions to End Colonialism
- 5 October, 2011 - GA/SPD/479/Corr. 1
Questions of Western Sahara, Turks and Caicos, Guam, Gibraltar Central to Fourth Committee Debate as United Nations Urged Not to ‘Turn a Blind Eye’ to Hardships
- 5 October, 2011 - GA/SPD/480
Spotlight on Western Sahara in Fourth Committee as More than 30 Petitioners Express Mounting Frustration over Still Outstanding Resolution
- 4 October, 2011 - GA/SPD/479
Questions of Western Sahara, Turks and Caicos, Guam, Gibraltar Central to Fourth Committee Debate as United Nations Urged Not to ‘Turn a Blind Eye’ to Hardships
- 3 October, 2011 - GA/SPD/478
‘No Effort Should Be Spared to Fulfil Dream of All Peoples to Self-Determination’, Fourth Committee Hears as It Opens Annual Debate on Decolonization
- 29 September, 2011 - GA/SPD/477
Fourth Committee Approves Work Programme for Sixty-Sixth Session, Setting Dates for Deliberations on Broad Range of Items, From Decolonization to Peacekeeping
- 14 September, 2011 - BIO/4322-GA/SPD/476
Simona-Mirela Miculescu of Romania Chair of Fourth Committee
- 9 September, 2011 - GA/SPD/475
Fourth Committee Completes Bureau for Sixty-sixth General Assembly Session
- 30 June, 2011 - GA/SPD/474
Fourth Committee Approves Draft Resolution Recommending That General Assembly Review Implementation of Peacekeeping Proposals by Subsidiary Body
- 24 March, 2011 - GA/SPD/473
Request for United Nations Regular Budget Support of Palestine Refugee Agency Receives Broad Backing, as Fourth Committee Text Heads to General Assembly
