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FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION: 2002
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Headline |
| 2
May 2003 |
| GA/SHC/3734 |
THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION ON KHMER ROUGE TRIALS |
| 1
May 2003 |
| GA/SHC/3733 |
DRAFT TEXT ON KHMER ROUGE TRIALS INTRODUCED IN THIRD COMMITTEE |
| 25
November, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3732 |
THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES FIVE-PART DRAFT RESOLUTION CALLING FOR
ACTION TO COUNTER RACISM AND INTOLERANCE, AS IT CONCLUDES CURRENT
SESSION
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| GA/SHC/3731 |
THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION CALLING FOR EFFECTIVE
ACTION TO ELIMINATE EXTRAJUDICIAL, SUMMARY OR ARBITRARY EXECUTIONS
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| 22
November, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3730 |
IN SERIES OF VOTES, SOCIAL COMMITTEE DEFEATS EFFORTS TO AMEND TEXTS
ON EXTRAJUDICIAL, SUMMARY OR ARBITRARY EXECUTIONS
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| 21
November, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3729 |
NEED FOR COMPLIANCE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS OBLIGATIONS IN FIGHT AGAINST
TERRORISM STRESSED, AS THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES SIX DRAFT RESOLUTIONS
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| 20
November, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3728 |
THIRD COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS CONTINUATION OF OFFICE OF HIGH COMMISSIONER
FOR REFUGEES THROUGH END OF 2008
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| 19
November, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3727 |
THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES 15 DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS, INCLUDING
NEW TEXT ON RIGHT TO PEACE
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| 18
November, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3726 |
FIVE TEXTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS APPROVED BY THIRD COMMITTEE; DISCUSSION
ON REFUGEES CONCLUDES
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| 15
November, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3725 |
THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFTS ON INSTRAW, PALESTINIAN CHILDREN;
CONTINUES DEBATE ON REFUGEE ISSUES
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| 14
November, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3724 |
THIRD COMMITTEE HEARS INTRODUCTION OF 13 DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN
RIGHTS, INCLUDING SITUATIONS IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, IRAQ,
MYANMAR, SUDAN
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| 13
November, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3723 |
BURDEN OF HOSTING REFUGEES, CHRONIC UNHCR BUDGET SHORTAGES HIGHLIGHTED,
AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION ON REFUGEES
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| 12
November, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3722 |
DELEGATES IN THIRD COMMITTEE URGED TO CREATE ‘HUMAN RIGHTS
CULTURE’, ENSURING RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD, HOUSING, DEVELOPMENT,
SOCIAL SERVICES
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| 11
November, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3721 |
‘ANYONE DYING FROM HUNGER WAS DYING FROM MURDER’, SPECIAL
RAPPORTEUR TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE, AS DISCUSSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
CONTINUES
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| 8
November, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3720 |
COMMON VALUES HAVE LITTLE MERIT IF NOT TRANSLATED INTO CONCRETE,
INDIVIDUAL BENEFITS, SAYS NORWAY, AS THIRD COMMITTEE DEBATE ON HUMAN
RIGHTS CONTINUES
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| 7
November, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3719 |
GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO BE ASKED TO ADOPT PROTOCOL ON TORTURE CONVENTION,
SETTING UP INSPECTION REGIME FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS TERMS
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| GA/SHC/3718 |
UN REFUGEE HIGH COMMISSIONER REPORTS DROP IN NUMBER OF PEOPLE NEEDING
PROTECTION, SAYS NEW APPROACH NEEDED TO IMPROVE COOPERATION, IN
STATEMENT TO THIRD COMMITTEE
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| 6
November, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3717 |
SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS REPORT TO THIRD COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN
BURUNDI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
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| GA/SHC/3716 |
IN THIRD COMMITTEE, SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON MYANMAR, SUDAN STRESS
NEED FOR HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH IN BUILDING SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
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| 5
November, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3715 |
THIRD COMMITTEE DEBATES HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN IRAQ, CAMBODIA,
PALESTINIAN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES
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| GA/SHC/3714 |
SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON RELIGION, EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS, TORTURE
URGE THIRD COMMITTEE DELEGATES TO BUILD CULTURE OF DEMOCRACY
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| 4
November, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3713 |
THIRD COMMITTEE CONSIDERS HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS OF AFGHANISTAN,
MIGRANT WORKERS, HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
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| GA/SHC/3712 |
'WE ALL KNOW, INSTINCTIVELY, WHEN RIGHTS ARE BEING VIOLATED,' HIGH
COMMISSIONER TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE
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| 1
November, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3711 |
HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTING PROCESS NEEDS IMPROVEMENT, THIRD COMMITTEE
TOLD
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| 31
October, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3710 |
SECRETARIAT UNIT, VOLUNTARY FUND FOR PERMANENT INDIGENOUS FORUM
CALLED FOR IN DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY THIRD COMMITTEE
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| 30
October, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3709 |
MORE RADICAL STEPS NEEDED TO ELIMINATE TORTURE, THIRD COMMITTEE
TOLD, AS DEBATE BEGINS ON HUMAN RIGHTS QUESTIONS
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| 29
October, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3708 |
VIEWED NARROWLY AS RIGHT TO SECEDE, SELF-DETERMINATION COULD THREATEN
TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF STATES, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD
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| 28
October, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3707 |
UN MUST ENSURE SUCCESSFUL SELF-DETERMINATION PROCESS FOR TERRITORIES
FACING REMNANTS OF COLONIALISM, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD
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| 24
October, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3706 |
PERSISTENT INEQUITIES, NEW FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION FEATURE, AS THIRD
COMMITTEE CONTINUES DEBATE ON RACISM AND SELF-DETERMINATION
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| 23
October, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3705 |
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF LINK BETWEEN COMBATING
RACISM AND PROMOTING DIALOGUE, AS THIRD COMMITTEE BEGINS DEBATE
ON RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
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| 21
October, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3704 |
THIRD COMMITTEE DELEGATES SAY COMPLETION OF DRAFT ON INDIGENOUS
RIGHTS IS CRITICAL BY 2004, AS DISCUSSION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE CONCLUDES
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| 17
October, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3703 |
DELEGATIONS IN THIRD COMMITTEE PRAISE LAUNCH OF PERMAMENT FORUM
ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES
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| 16
October, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3702 |
CONDITIONS OF PEACE, SECURITY ESSENTIAL FOR CHILDREN’S PHYSICAL
HEALTH, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD
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| 15
October, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3701 |
SITUATION OF CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT CITED AS MAJOR CONCERN,
AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS
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| 14
October, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3700 |
DELEGATIONS IN THIRD COMMITTEE STRESS NEED TO IMPLEMENT PROMISES
TO CREATE ‘WORLD FIT FOR CHILDREN’
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| 11
October, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3699 |
SOCIAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD OF ADVANCES IN PROTECTION OF CHILDREN IN
ARMED CONFLICT, BUT MAJOR CHALLENGES SAID TO REMAIN
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| GA/SHC/3698 |
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN LINKED TO POVERTY, ARMED CONFLICT, THIRD
COMMITTEE TOLD, AS DISCUSSION OF WOMEN’S ISSUES CONCLUDES
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| 10
October, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3697 |
TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS CONDEMNED, AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONTINUES
DEBATE ON WOMEN’S ISSUES
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| 9
October, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3696 |
WOMEN’S VOICES, PERSPECTIVES MUST BE AT HEART OF EFFORTS TO
CRAFT VISION OF HUMAN SECURITY, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD, AS DEBATE
ON WOMEN OPENS
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| 8
October, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3695 |
THIRD COMMITTEE SPEAKERS STRESS IMPORTANCE OF CONFERENCE OUTCOMES
IN EFFORTS TO REDUCE POVERTY, PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT, ENHANCE SOCIAL
INTEGRATION
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| 7
October, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3694 |
PROBLEMS
SUCH AS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, DISCRIMINATION
COMPROMISE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD
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| 4
October, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3693 |
'YOUTH
BOOM', 'AGE QUAKE', EMERGING AS MAJOR CHALLENGES FOR BOTH DEVELOPING,
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD
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| 3
October, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3692 |
DIRECTOR
OF UN DIVISION FOR SOCIAL POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT URGES THIRD COMMITTEE
TO PROMOTE GREATER SOCIAL JUSTICE, EQUITY
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| 2
October, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3691 |
TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE, COOPERATION NEEDED TO COMBAT TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED
CRIME, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD AS DEBATE CONCLUDES ON DRUGS, CRIME
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| 1
October, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3690 |
CRITICAL
LINKS BETWEEN CRIME, ILLICIT DRUGS, CORRUPTION, TERRORISM REVEALED
BY 11 SEPTEMBER EVENTS, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD
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| 30
September, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3688 |
DEVELOPMENT
CANNOT BE SUSTAINABLE IF SOCIETY TORN APART BY 'UNCIVIL BEHAVIOURS',
HEAD OF UN DRUG, CRIME OFFICE TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE
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| GA/SHC/3689 |
IMPORTANCE
OF GLOBAL, REGIONAL COOPERATION IN FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS, CRIME HIGHLIGHTED
AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONTINUES DEBATE
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| 26
September, 2002 |
| GA/SHC/3687 |
THIRD
COMMITTEE ELECTS THREE VICE-CHAIRMEN, RAPPORTEUR; ALSO ADOPTS WORK
PROGRAMME FOR CURRENT SESSION
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