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Fifty-sixth
Session: 2001
THIRD
COMMITTEE
Social,
Humanitarian and Cultural
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| 30 November, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3677 |
THIRD
COMMITTEE APPROVES EIGHT DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS,
RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT, GLOBALIZATION, IRAN, SUDAN
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| GA/SHC/3678 |
THIRD
COMMITTEE CONCLUDES SESSION BY APPROVING DRAFT RESOLUTIONS
ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN MYANMAR, AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF CONGO
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| 29 November, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3676 |
THIRD
COMMITTEE APPROVES, WITHOUT VOTE, 10 DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON
HUMAN RIGHTS, WOMEN, CULTURAL DIVERSITY, REFUGEES
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| 28 November, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3675 |
THIRD
COMMITTEE APPROVES FIVE DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS,
REFUGEES, DISPLACED PERSONS, MINORITIES, JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION
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| 27 November, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3674 |
THIRD
COMMITTEE’S ADOPTION OF DRAFT RESOLUTION ON STATE SOVEREIGNTY
AND HUMAN RIGHTS DRAWS STRONG DEBATE
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| 26 November, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3673 |
THIRD
COMMITTEE HEARS INTRODUCTION OF FIVE DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON
HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION, RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE, OTHER HUMAN
RIGHTS ISSUES
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| 23 November, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3671/Corr.1 |
THIRD
COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION URGING SUPPORT FOR PALESTINIAN
QUEST FOR SELF-DETERMINATION
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| 21 November, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3671 |
THIRD
COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION URGING SUPPORT FOR PALESTINIAN
QUEST FOR SELF-DETERMINATION
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| GA/SHC/3672 |
THIRD
COMMITTEE CONCLUDES THREE-DAY DEBATE ON REFUGEE-RELATED ISSUES
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| 20 November, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3669 |
QUICK
ACTION NECESSARY TO ADDRESS NEEDS OF INCREASING NUMBERS OF
REFUGEES, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD
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| GA/SHC/3670 |
ZAMBIA
CALLS ON DONOR COUNTRIES TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR UNHCR, AS
THIRD COMMITTEE CONTINUES DEBATE ON REFUGEES
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| 19 November, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3667 |
REFUGEES
VICTIMS OF TERRORISM, NOT ITS PERPETRATORS, HIGH COMMISSIONER
TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE, AS REFUGEE DEBATE OPENS
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| GA/SHC/3668 |
WORLD’S
BURGEONING REFUGEE PROBLEM REFLECTS INADEQUACIES OF CURRENT
PROTECTION SYSTEM, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD
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| 16 November, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3666 |
PROTECTION
OF RIGHTS OF MINORITIES DESERVES PRIORITY ATTENTION, THIRD
COMMITTEE TOLD AS IT CONCLUDES DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS
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| 15 November, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3665 |
GLOBALIZATION
PROCESS SHOULD BE REDIRECTED TO BENEFIT ENTIRE HUMAN FAMILY,
IRAN TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE, AS HUMAN RIGHTS DISCUSSION CONTINUES
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| 14 November, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3664 |
PEOPLE
SUFFERING FROM POVERTY, HUNGER, POOR HEALTH UNLIKELY TO ENJOY
HUMAN RIGHTS, DELEGATES STRESS IN THIRD COMMITTEE
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| 13 November, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3662 |
COUNTRIES
TO FOCUS ON RESTORATION OF AFGHAN SOCIETY RESPECTING ALL HUMAN
RIGHTS, SPEAKERS TELL THIRD COMMITTEE
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| GA/SHC/3663 |
SITUATION
OF MIGRANTS MORE DIFFICULT SINCE 11 SEPTEMBER ATTACKS, THIRD
COMMITTEE TOLD AS HUMAN RIGHTS DEBATE CONTINUES
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| 12 November, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3661 |
OBSTACLES
PUT IN WAY OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS BY GOVERNMENTS HAMPER
ENJOYMENT OF FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD
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| 9 November, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3658/Corr.1 |
QUESTIONS
RAISED IN THIRD COMMITTEE REGARDING SUDAN’S USE OF OIL REVENUES;
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR’S QUERY AT ISSUE
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| GA/SHC/3659 |
IN
THIRD COMMITTEE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR EXPRESSES ‘GRAVE CONCERN’
ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN IRAQ
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| GA/SHC/3660 |
SPECIAL
RAPPORTEURS TELL THIRD COMMITTEE THAT EVENTS OF 11 SEPTEMBER
SEVERELY AFFECTED EFFORTS TO PROMOTE, PROTECT RIGHTS TO FOOD,
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
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| 8 November, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3658 |
QUESTIONS
RAISED IN THIRD COMMITTEE REGARDING SUDAN’S USE OF OIL REVENUES;
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR’S QUERY AT ISSUE
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| GA/SHC/3657 |
PARTICIPATION
OF AFGHAN PEOPLE MUST BE CENTRAL TO POLITICAL RESTRUCTURING
THERE, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD, AS HUMAN RIGHTS DELIBERATIONS
CONTINUE
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| 7 November, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3656 |
THIRD
COMMITTEE HEARS CALLS FOR PRIORITY ATTENTION TO INCORPORATING
HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY PROVISIONS INTO DOMESTIC LAW
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| 6 November, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3655 |
RACISM,
INTOLERANCE BOTH CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF VIOLENCE, HIGH
COMMISSIONER TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE, AS DEBATE OPENS ON HUMAN
RIGHTS
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| 5 November, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3654 |
SELECTIVE
APPLICATION OF PRINCIPLE IN UN CHARTER AND DECOLONIZATION
DECLARATION COULD JEOPARDIZE INTERNATIONAL PEACE, THIRD COMMITTEE
TOLD
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| 1 November, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3653 |
THIRD
COMMITTEE APPROVES FOUR DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON WOMEN’S ISSUES,
TWO ON CRIME PREVENTION, CRIMINAL JUSTICE
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| GA/SHC/3652 |
RIGHT
TO SELF-DETERMINATION PRIMARILY CONCERNS THOSE UNDER FOREIGN
OCCUPATION OR COLONIALISM, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD, AS DIFFERING
VIEWS ARE EXPRESSED
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| 31 October, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3650 |
MERCENARIES
OFTEN A PRESENCE IN TERRORIST ATTACKS, SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR
TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE AS IT BEGINS DISCUSSIONS ON SELF-DETERMINATION
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| GA/SHC/3651 |
RIGHT
TO SELF-DETERMINATION NOT SYNONYMOUS WITH INDEPENDENT STATEHOOD,
THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD, AS DEBATE CONTINUES
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| 30 October, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3649 |
STABLE
FINANCING NEEDED FOR SMOOTH FUNCTIONING OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES'
FORUM, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD
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| 29 October, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3647 |
THIRD
COMMITTEE HEARS CALL FOR RATIFICATION OF OPTIONAL PROTOCOL
ON CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT
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| GA/SHC/3648 |
PERMANENT
FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES AN IMPORTANT STEP TOWARDS PARTNERSHIP
WITH INDIGENOUS GROUPS, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD
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| 26 October, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3646 |
THREAT
OF CHILD LABOUR, NEED FOR PRIORITY ATTENTION TO EDUCATION
STRESSED, AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF CHILDREN’S
RIGHTS
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| 24 October, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3644 |
IN
CONTINUING DEBATE ON PROTECTION OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS, THIRD
COMMITTEE HEARS CALLS FOR CONCERTED ACTION AGAINST AIDS, MALARIA,
TUBERCULOSIS
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| GA/SHC/3645 |
THIRD
COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION ON LITERACY DECADE, ILLICIT
DRUGS, YOUTH, COOPERATIVES, CRIME PREVENTION
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| 23 October, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3643 |
TOO
MANY CHILDREN SUFFER FROM ARMED CONFLICT, EXPLOITATION, THIRD
COMMITTEE TOLD AS DISCUSSION ON CHILDREN CONTINUES
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| 22 October, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3641 |
CUSTOMARY
PRACTICES AFFECTING WOMEN’S HEALTH LINKED TO POVERTY, THIRD
COMMITTEE TOLD AS IT CONCLUDES DEBATE ON WOMEN’S ISSUES
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| 19 October, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3640 |
ELIMINATING
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, INCREASING THEIR POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED, AS THIRD COMMITTEE DEBATE CONTINUES
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| 18 October, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3639 |
THIRD
COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTIONS, DECISIONS ON AGEING
ASSEMBLY, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, FAMILY, DISABLED PERSONS
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| GA/SHC/3638 |
ADVANCEMENT
OF WOMEN CRUCIAL TO DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD,
AS DEBATE ON WOMENS’ ISSUES CONTINUES
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| 17 October, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3637 |
CURRENT
AFGHANISTAN CRISIS A POWERFUL WARNING OF CONSEQUENCES WHEN
WOMEN ARE EXCLUDED FROM DECISION-MAKING, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD
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| GA/SHC/3636 |
DEEP
CONCERNS EXPRESSED OVER GLOBAL CHALLENGES POSED BY ILLICIT
DRUG TRAFFICKING AND ORGANIZED CRIME, AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONCLUDES
DEBATE
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| 16 October, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3635 |
INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATION NEEDED TO COMBAT MONEY LAUNDERING, THIRD COMMITTEE
TOLD AS DEBATE ON CRIME, DRUGS CONTINUES
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| 15 October, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3634 |
WITH
STRONG POLITICAL WILL, GOVERNMENTS COULD DEVELOP UN CONVENTION
AGAINST CORRUPTION BY 2003, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD
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| 12 October, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3632 |
THIRD
COMMITTEE INFORMED OF `SERIOUS DECREASE’ IN HEROIN PRODUCTION
IN AFGHANISTAN, BUT LARGE STOCKPILES REMAIN
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| GA/SHC/3633 |
IMPORTANCE
OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, LEGAL CONVENTIONS STRESSED AS
THIRD COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF DRUGS, CRIME
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| 11 October, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3631 |
POVERTY,
NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GLOBALIZATION HIGHLIGHTED, AS THIRD COMMITTEE
CONCLUDES DISCUSSION OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
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| 10 October, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3630 |
RAPIDLY
AGEING POPULATION WILL STRESS SOCIAL BUDGETS ACROSS GLOBE,
THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD
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| 9 October, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3629 |
AS
THIRD COMMITTEE PURSUES DEBATE ON SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS, SPEAKERS
CALL FOR ‘REAL INTERACTION’ WITH DISABLED
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| GA/SHC/3628 |
IMPORTANCE
OF PEACE, SECURITY, EDUCATION HIGHLIGHTED AS THIRD COMMITTEE
FOCUSES ON CONCERNS OF YOUTH
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| 8 October, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3627 |
HIGH
INEQUALITY A MAJOR IMPEDIMENT TO ECONOMIC GROWTH, POVERTY
ALLEVIATION, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD
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| 27 September, 2001 |
| GA/SHC/3626 |
SOCIAL,
HUMANITARIAN COMMITTEE ELECTS VICE-CHAIRMEN, RAPPORTEUR; ADOPTS
WORK PROGRAMME
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| 13 September, 2001 |
| BIO/3387-GA/SHC/3625 |
FUAD
MUBARAK AL-HINAI OF OMAN ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THIRD COMMITTEE
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