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15 November, 2012
GA/SPD/524Voting Machine Locks in Familiar Pattern as Fourth Committee Concludes Session with Approval of Nine Texts on Palestine Refugee Agency, Israeli Practices

13 November, 2012
GA/SPD/523Fourth Committee Approves Resolution Endorsing Scientific Committees Intention to Conclude Assessment of Radiation Exposure from Fukushima Accident

12 November, 2012
GA/SPD/522Israel, Expressing Disbelief, Rejects Fourth Committee Debate on Israeli Practices as Theatre of the Absurd, Blind to Palestinian Culpability

9 November, 2012
GA/SPD/521Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Warns of Strategy to Severely Marginalize Palestinians, Maintain Permanent Suppression, in Fourth Committee

8 November, 2012
GA/SPD/520Harmonizing Mix of Roles and Responsibilities in Fragile, Conflict-Affected Countries Served by UN Peacekeepers Focus of Debate in Fourth Committee

7 November, 2012
GA/SPD/519'Hurricane Sandy Every Day in the Camps,' Fourth Committee Told during Debate on Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees

6 November, 2012
GA/SPD/518Tiptoeing Away from UNRWA Not an Option, Commissioner-General Tells Fourth Committee, Warning Cuts in Services Politically Risky, Morally Wrong

2 November, 2012
GA/SPD/517Delegates in Fourth Committee Address Spectrum of Contemporary Challenges to Peacekeeping, Revealing Complexity of Flagship Enterprise

1 November, 2012
GA/SPD/516Peacekeeping Actually Works, Under-Secretary-General Says of United Nations Flagship Activity, in Briefing to Fourth Committee

25 October, 2012
GA/SPD/515Pivotal Role of Department of Public Information as Messenger of Peace and Tolerance Spotlighted in Fourth Committee

24 October, 2012
GA/SPD/514Public Information Department, in Step with Major Trends, Manages United Nations Message with Profound Impact, Say Fourth Committee Delegates

23 October, 2012
GA/SPD/513Under-Secretary-General, in Fourth Committee, Pledges to Work with Member States to Project Common Vision for United Nations, Its Strength and Its Promise

19 October, 2012
GA/SPD/512Fourth Committee Concludes Outer Space Debate, Spotlighting Arenas Growing Role in Economic Development, Disaster Mitigation, Information Management

18 October, 2012
GA/SPD/511Light Shed on Risk of Mishaps, Misperceptions, Miscalculations in Outer Space as Fourth Committee Urges Realms Peaceful Purposes over Its Militarization

17 October, 2012
GA/SPD/510Fourth Committee Affirms Relevance of University for Peace in Draft Resolution, Begins Annual Consideration of Outer Space Issues

15 October, 2012
GA/SPD/509Fourth Committee, Concluding Consideration of Decolonization, Approves Ten Draft Resolutions, One Decision, Half by Recorded Vote

12 October, 2012
GA/SPD/508Decolonization Debate Concludes in Fourth Committee, as Delegations on Both Sides of Key Territorial Disputes Urge Their Resolution

11 October, 2012
GA/SPD/507Special Committee on Decolonization No Longer Relevant to Overseas Territories of United Kingdom, Fourth Committee Told

10 October, 2012
GA/SPD/506Political Ambiguity over Western Sahara, Polarizing Ideologies, Plight of Refugees Central to Fourth Committee Debate as Petitioners Appeal for End to Conflict

9 October, 2012
GA/SPD/505Consequences of Persistent Dependency Relations Examined in Fourth Committee as Petitioners Express Unyielding Positions over Disputed Territories

8 October, 2012
GA/SPD/504Decolonization Process at Virtual Halt, Fourth Committee Told as Annual Debate Opens, with Troubling Information Deficit in Non-Self-Governing Territories

4 October, 2012
GA/SPD/503Fourth Committee, Meeting Briefly in Organizational Session, Approves Work Programme, Ahead of Debate Monday on Decolonization

18 September, 2012
BIO/4409-GA/SPD/502Noel Nelson Messone of Gabon Chair of Fourth Committee

11 September, 2012
GA/SPD/501Fourth Committee, Concluding Work of Sixty-Sixth Session, Endorses Proposals Submitted by Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations

4 September, 2012
GA/SPD/500Fourth Committee Elects Bureau for Sixty-Seventh General Assembly Session

10 November, 2011
GA/SPD/499Fourth Committee Concludes Work, Sending Total of 26 Drafts to General Assembly, Including Recommendation to Expand Scientific Committees Membership

8 November, 2011
GA/SPD/498If 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/497Opportunity for Israeli-Palestinian Peace Slipping Away, Fourth Committee Hears During Consideration of Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices

1 November, 2011
GA/SPD/496Palestinian Refugee Agencys Task of Serving as Lifeline to Millions amid Habitual Budgetary Constraints, Complex Political Environment, Focus in Fourth Committee

31 October, 2011
GA/SPD/495Palestinian 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/494Anti-Personnel Mines Perverse Triggered by Victims, Not Combatants, Fourth Committee Delegate Declares, as Draft Approved to Assist Location, Removal

27 October, 2011
GA/SPD/493Fourth Committee Delegate Says Full-Scale Military Operations No Replacement for Diplomacy, Warning against Politicization of United Nations Peacekeeping

26 October, 2011
GA/SPD/492Creeping Perception in Peacekeeping that Countries Are Either Troop Contributors or Troop Funders Can Hinder Multilateral Engagement, Fourth Committee Hears

25 October, 2011
GA/SPD/491International 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/490United Nations Peacekeeping Has Responsibility and Privilege to Serve Those Grasping Promise of Peace, Security, Prosperity, Fourth Committee Told

21 October, 2011
GA/SPD/489United Nations Scientific Committee on Effects of Atomic Radiation Increasingly Important with Growing Use of Nuclear Energy, Fourth Committee Hears

20 October, 2011
GA/SPD/488Delegations 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/487Some 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/486Highlighting Efforts to Expand Use of Traditional, New Media, Communications Chief Says Information Department Aims for Agility, Flexibility, Innovation

13 October, 2011
GA/SPD/485Setting 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/484Value, 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/483Following Recorded Votes, Fourth Committee Forwards Five Draft Resolutions on Decolonization to General Assembly for Adoption

10 October, 2011
GA/SPD/482Fourth Committee Approves Five Consensus Texts Reaffirming Inalienable Right to Self-Determination and Independence

6 October, 2011
GA/SPD/481With 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. 1Questions 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

GA/SPD/480Spotlight on Western Sahara in Fourth Committee as More than 30 Petitioners Express Mounting Frustration over Still Outstanding Resolution

4 October, 2011
GA/SPD/479Questions 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/478No 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/477Fourth 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/476Simona-Mirela Miculescu of Romania Chair of Fourth Committee

9 September, 2011
GA/SPD/475Fourth Committee Completes Bureau for Sixty-sixth General Assembly Session

30 June, 2011
GA/SPD/474Fourth Committee Approves Draft Resolution Recommending That General Assembly Review Implementation of Peacekeeping Proposals by Subsidiary Body

24 March, 2011
GA/SPD/473Request for United Nations Regular Budget Support of Palestine Refugee Agency Receives Broad Backing, as Fourth Committee Text Heads to General Assembly

15 November, 2010
GA/SPD/472Fourth Committee, Concluding Main Part of Session, Extends Mandate of Palestinian Relief Agency until 30 June 2014, Forwards Total of 27 Texts to General Assembly

11 November, 2010
GA/SPD/471Fourth Committee Hears Palestinian Relief Agencys Funding Crisis on Knife Edge; Nearing Conclusion of Work, Approves Texts on Atomic Radiation, 2011 Work Plan

8 November, 2010
GA/SPD/470Refugee Returns Possible Doorway to Resolving Arab-Israeli Conflict, Say Fourth Committee Delegates, as Israel Touts Cynicism of Israeli Practices Committee

5 November, 2010
GA/SPD/469Israels Pursuit of Peace Faade, as Human Rights Violations, Untold Suffering, Blockade Persist Even in Life-and-Death Situations, Fourth Committee Hears

2 November, 2010
GA/SPD/468Severe Financial Shortages, Persistent Blockade of Gaza Strip Hamper Ability of Palestinian Relief Agency to Assist Worlds Oldest Refugee Population

1 November, 2010
GA/SPD/467Political Actors in Middle East Must Make Courageous Choices, Persevere in Pursuit of Peace, Head of Palestinian Refugee Relief Agency Tells Fourth Committee

28 October, 2010
GA/SPD/466Amid Renaissance of Nuclear Energy, Users Eager to Evaluate Risk, Establish Safety, Protection Standards Over Radiation Levels, Fourth Committee Told

27 October, 2010
GA/SPD/465Overburdened, Underfunded, Overstretched Peacekeeping Operations Create Yawning Gap between Expectations, Performance, Fourth Committee Told at Close of Debate

26 October, 2010
GA/SPD/464Cyclic Targets for Peacekeeping Tantamount to Putting Price on Peace Price Dearly Paid by Millions of Civilians in Conflict, Fourth Committee Hears

25 October, 2010
GA/SPD/463No Greater Sign of Countrys Commitment to Collective Security than Willingness to Send Its Nationals into Harms Way under UN Flag, Fourth Committee Hears

22 October, 2010
GA/SPD/462United Nations Peacekeeping Essential, But Success Not Guaranteed Because Peacekeepers Work in Most Demanding Physical, Political Environments, Fourth Committee told

21 October, 2010
GA/SPD/461Public Information Department is Public Voice of United Nations, Fourth Committee Hears, Charting Path in Two Drafts for Organizations Mission to Spread Message

20 October, 2010
GA/SPD/460Speakers in Fourth Committee Hail Efforts of Department of Public Information to Expand Audience, Effectively Spread Message on United Nations Priorities

19 October, 2010
GA/SPD/459Public Information Department Applies Strategic Approach, Operational Upgrades, New Technologies to Evolving Communications Environment, Fourth Committee Told

14 October, 2010
GA/SPD/458Strength of International Space Law to Prevent Militarization of Outer Space, Respond to Other Current Challenges Weighed in Fourth Committee

13 October, 2010
GA/SPD/457Emergency Responses, National Advances Prove Worlds Commitment to Developing Outer Space for Good of Humanity, Fourth Committee Told

12 October, 2010
GA/SPD/456Crisis Management Landscape Evolving, Fourth Committee Hears as It Probes Diverse Benefits of Outer Space Research on Natural Disaster Mitigation, Development

11 October, 2010
GA/SPD/455Fourth Committee Sends 12 Draft Texts to General Assembly on Decolonization, Including Request for Third International Decade, Concludes Debate on Topic

8 October, 2010
GA/SPD/454Self-determination Important, but for Some Vulnerable Communities, Status Quo Option Deserves Respect, Fourth Committee Hears in Decolonization Debate

7 October, 2010
GA/SPD/453Ongoing Stalemate over Status of Western Sahara Creates Breeding Ground for Terrorist Activity, Human Rights Abuses, Fourth Committee Told

6 October, 2010
GA/SPD/452Western Sahara Last Decolonization Process in Africa, Fourth Committee Told, As Unresolved Territorial Disputes, Including Gibraltar, Dominate Agenda

5 October, 2010
GA/SPD/451Stalled Progress over Non-Self-Governing Territories Sparks Frustration in Fourth Committee, as Petitioners Seek to Galvanize Support for Decolonization Effort

4 October, 2010
GA/SPD/450Despite Successes, Decolonization Process Plagued by Lack of Political Will, Creative Thinking, Fourth Committee Hears as It Opens Debate on Topic

30 September, 2010
GA/SPD/449Decolonization, Outer Space, Peacekeeping, Palestine Refugees, Information Top Agenda of Fourth Committee, Which Completes Bureau in Organizational Meeting

14 September, 2010
BIO/4242-GA/SPD/448Chitsaka Chipaziwa of Zimbabwe Chair of Fourth Committee

27 August, 2010
GA/SPD/447Fourth Committee Elects Chitsaka Chipaziwa of Zimbabwe Chair for Sixty-Fifth General Assembly Session

12 May, 2010
GA/SPD/446Fourth Committee Approves Report of Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations

19 November, 2009
GA/SPD/445Concluding Its Work for Session, Fourth Committee Approves 11 More Drafts, Bringing to 28 Total Number of Texts Forwarded to General Assembly

10 November, 2009
GA/SPD/444International Community Not Lacking Standards in Middle East, but Effort to Implement Them, Fourth Committee Told in Debate on Israeli Practices

9 November, 2009
GA/SPD/443Not For a Single Moment Has Israel Ceased Illegal Settlement Activities, Fourth Committee Told, Opening Discussion of Israeli Practices in Occupied Territories

3 November, 2009
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/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/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/SPD/439Efforts Bearing Fruit to End Landmine Scourge, as 41 Million in Stockpiles Destroyed Since 2008, Assistant Secretary-General Tells Fourth Committee

28 October, 2009
GA/SPD/438Choice Is Clear: Stall Urgent Peacekeeping Reforms or Bite the Bullet for Sake of Peacekeepers Who Sacrifice under United Nations Flag, Fourth Committee Told

27 October, 2009
GA/SPD/437As United Nations Strives to Keep Pace with Peacekeeping Demands, Fourth Committee Speakers Say Blue Helmets Need Clear Guidance for Protection of Civilians Mandates

26 October, 2009
GA/SPD/436Logistical Support, Force Protection, Clear, Structured and Sustainable Mandates Backed by Whole Security Council Required for Peacekeeping, Fourth Committee Told

23 October, 2009
GA/SPD/435It May Not Generate Headlines, but United Nations Peacekeeping Succeeds Quietly, Every Day Mitigating Harm to Thousands of Civilians, Fourth Committee Told

22 October, 2009
GA/SPD/434Space Technologies of Infinite Value, but Carry Double-Edged Potential for Good or Evil, Fourth Committee Hears, Warned of Possible Militarization of Space

21 October, 2009
GA/SPD/433Debating Outer Space Cooperation, Fourth Committee Hears Growing Number of Actors in Outer Space Could Risk Security of Space Assets, Limit Scope of Peaceful Uses

20 October, 2009
GA/SPD/432Fourth Committee, Taking Up Outer Space Item, Hears Space Technology Could Combat, Even Forecast, Spread of Disease, Ensuring Health of Current, Future Generations

16 October, 2009
GA/SPD/431Fourth Committee Delegates Urge More Funding for Scientific Committee to Enable It to Assess Emerging Risks of Atomic Radiation on Human Health, Environment

15 October, 2009
GA/SPD/430Fourth Committee, Reaffirming United Nations as Indispensable Foundation of Peaceful, Just World, Says Voice Must Be Heard Clearly, Effectively

14 October, 2009
GA/SPD/429UN Information Centres Central to Quest to Familiarize World with United Nations, Fourth Committee Hears, Also Approving Two Final Texts on Decolonization

13 October, 2009
GA/SPD/428United Nations Future Depends on Joint Vision, Shared Responsibilities; Public Information Department Stands Ready to Contribute, Says Communications Chief

12 October, 2009
GA/SPD/427Fourth Committee, Recommending 10 Texts to General Assembly, Calls on Governments to End Enterprises in Non-Self-Governing Territories Detrimental to Inhabitants

9 October, 2009
GA/SPD/426Decolonization Was United Nations Success Story, but Renewed Momentum Was Needed on Behalf of 16 Remaining Non-Self-Governing Territories, Fourth Committee Told

8 October, 2009
GA/SPD/425Fourth Committee Hears Over 30 Petitioners on Question of Western Sahara

7 October, 2009
GA/SPD/424Hearing Petitioners on Questions of Gibraltar, Guam, Western Sahara, Fourth Committee Continues Decolonization Debate

6 October, 2009
GA/SPD/423Fourth Committee Hears from Petitioners on Questions of New Caledonia, United States Virgin Islands, Western Sahara, as Decolonization Debate Continues

5 October, 2009
GA/SPD/422Remaining 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories on United Nations List Are 16 Too Many, Fourth Committee Told, As It Takes Up Cluster of Decolonization Issues

1 October, 2009
GA/SPD/421Approving Work Programme, Fourth Committee Agrees to Consider Decolonization, University of Peace, Outer Space, Atomic Radiation Items

15 September, 2009
BIO/4128-GA/SPD/420Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser of Qatar Chair of Fourth Committee

4 May, 2009
GA/SPD/419Fourth Committee Approves Draft Resolution by Which General Assembly Would Endorse Recommendations, Conclusions of Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations

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