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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/443‘Not 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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7 November, 2008
GA/SPD/418CONCLUDING SESSION, FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES 23 DRAFT RESOLUTIONS, 4 DECISIONS, INCLUDING 9 TODAY BY RECORDED VOTE ON MIDDLE EAST, UN REFUGEE RELIEF AGENCY

6 November, 2008
GA/SPD/417ISRAEL CALLS REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE ISRAELI PRACTICES IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES ‘BIASED AND ANACHRONISTIC’, IN FOURTH COMMITTEE

5 November, 2008
GA/SPD/416FOURTH COMMITTEE DEEMS UNITED NATIONS ‘INDISPENSABLE FOUNDATION OF A PEACEFUL WORLD’, IN PACKAGE OF THREE INFORMATION-RELATED TEXTS APPROVED WITHOUT VOTE

4 November, 2008
GA/SPD/415ISRAEL’S ‘ENORMOUS WEB OF UNLAWFUL PRACTICES’ DEVASTATING PALESTINIAN SOCIETY, PALESTINE’S OBSERVER SAYS, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE DEBATES SITUATION IN TERRITORY

30 October, 2008
GA/SPD/414UN RELIEF, WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES SUFFERS IMPACT OF RESTRICTED MOVEMENT, CLOSURES, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD, AS DEBATE CONCLUDES ON AGENCY

29 October, 2008
GA/SPD/413UNITED NATIONS RELIEF, WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES COPES WITH MAJOR CRISES IN THREE FIELDS OF OPERATIONS, COMMISSIONER-GENERAL TELLS FOURTH COMMITTEE

28 October, 2008
GA/SPD/412UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING FACES ‘UPHILL STRUGGLE’; SURMOUNTING CHALLENGES REQUIRES MORE EXPANSIVE REFORM AGENDA, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD

27 October, 2008
GA/SPD/411SPEAKERS IN FOURTH COMMITTEE UNDERLINE NEED FOR STRONG, WELL-MANAGED PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS TO MEET SURGE IN DEMAND, BRIDGE GAPS BETWEEN CAPACITY, EXPECTATIONS

24 October, 2008
GA/SPD/410PEACEKEEPING’S BEST ASSURANCE AGAINST INSECURITY IN FIELD WAS WELL-PLANNED MISSION WHERE THERE WAS PEACE TO KEEP, FOURTH COMMITTEE HEARS AS IT LAUNCHES DEBATE

23 October, 2008
GA/SPD/409FOR UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING, CONSIDERATION MUST BE GIVEN TO MEETING CHALLENGES INHERENT IN ‘POLITICALLY CHARGED, INSECURE SCENARIOS’, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD

22 October, 2008
GA/SPD/408DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION’S MISSION ‘CENTRAL TO AND INSEPARABLE FROM’ OBJECTIVES AND AIMS OF UNITED NATIONS, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD

21 October, 2008
GA/SPD/407FOURTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS CONSENSUS DRAFT RESOLUTION ON WESTERN SAHARA FOR ADOPTION BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY

20 October, 2008
GA/SPD/406FOLLOWING INTENSE DEBATE, FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES AMENDED OMNIBUS TEXT ON NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES

17 October, 2008
GA/SPD/405UNABLE TO REACH CONSENSUS, ASSEMBLY’S FOURTH COMMITTEE POSTPONES ACTION ON DRAFT DECOLONIZATION RESOLUTION

16 October, 2008
GA/SPD/404REDRESSING CHRONICALLY UNDER-FUNDED SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE, WHOSE WORK UNDERPINS PUBLIC PROTECTION FROM ATOMIC RADIATION EXPOSURE, FOCUS IN FOURTH COMMITTEE

15 October, 2008
GA/SPD/403FOURTH COMMITTEE WEIGHS WHETHER OR NOT ‘1979 MOON TREATY’ SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT MILITARIZATION OF OUTER SPACE, AS DEBATE CONCLUDES ON ITS PEACEFUL USES

14 October, 2008
GA/SPD/402SPACE TECHNOLOGIES INDISPENSABLE TO CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE, FOOD SECURITY, HEALTH, FOURTH COMMITTEE HEARS DURING DEBATE ON PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE

13 October, 2008
GA/SPD/401FOURTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ADOPTION BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF EIGHT RESOLUTIONS, TWO DECISIONS ON DECOLONIZATION; ‘OMNIBUS’, WESTERN SAHARA DRAFTS PENDING

10 October, 2008
GA/SPD/400DELEGATES URGE SUSTAINED MOMENTUM IN NEGOTIATIONS ON WESTERN SAHARA, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE ON DECOLONIZATION

9 October, 2008
GA/SPD/399STRONG POLITICAL WILL NEEDED TO FULLY IMPLEMENT DECOLONIZATION AGENDA, DELEGATES SAY, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE

8 October, 2008
GA/SPD/398DIVERGENT VIEWS PERSIST AS NEARLY 30 PETITIONERS DEBATE STATUS OF WESTERN SAHARA, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE CONSIDERS ‘LAST COLONIAL CASE IN AFRICA’

7 October, 2008
GA/SPD/397PETITIONERS ADDRESS FOURTH COMMITTEE ON GIBRALTAR, GUAM, WESTERN SAHARA, UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS –- REVEALING COMPLEX DYNAMICS OF DECOLONIZATION ISSUES

6 October, 2008
GA/SPD/396ERADICATING COLONIALISM REQUIRES FRESH, CONCRETE, CREATIVE IMPETUS, FOURTH COMMITTEE HEARS AS GENERAL DEBATE OPENS ON DECOLONIZATION

2 October, 2008
GA/SPD/395FOURTH COMMITTEE, APPROVING WORK PROGRAMME, AGREES TO CONSIDER PEACEKEEPING, DECOLONIZATION, ISRAELI PRACTICES, OUTER SPACE, ATOMIC RADIATION ITEMS

16 September, 2008
BIO/4026-GA/SPD/394JORGE ARGÜELLO OF ARGENTINA CHAIRMAN OF FOURTH COMMITTEE

11 August, 2008
GA/SPD/393FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT URGING IMPLEMENTATION OF SUBSIDIARY BODY’S PROPOSALS ON REVIEW OF ALL UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING QUESTIONS

26 November, 2007
GA/SPD/392FOURTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES WORK FOR SESSION, HANDS OVER 26 DRAFT TEXTS TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON PALESTINE REFUGEES, DECOLONIZATION, PUBLIC INFORMATION, OUTER SPACE

14 November, 2007
GA/SPD/391WORLD COMMUNITY’S INACTION TOWARDS ISRAEL ‘TANTAMOUNT TO CONDONING ITS ILLEGAL ACTIONS’, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD AS IT CONCLUDES DEBATE ON ISRAELI PRACTICES

13 November, 2007
GA/SPD/390DEEPLY ALARMED BY NUMBER OF MINES LAID EACH YEAR, GENERAL ASSEMBLY WOULD URGE AID FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL MINE-ACTION CAPACITIES, BY FOURTH COMMITTEE DRAFT

12 November, 2007
GA/SPD/389PALESTINE’S OBSERVER WARNS FOURTH COMMITTEE THAT WORLD COMMUNITY’S COMPLACENCY WILL EMBOLDEN ISRAEL TO CONTINUE TO VIOLATE HUMAN RIGHTS WITH IMPUNITY

8 November, 2007
GA/SPD/388FOURTH COMMITTEE MEMBERS SEEK TO REINFORCE UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES, AS ‘SAFETY NET’ AMID DETERIORATING SITUATION

7 November, 2007
GA/SPD/387UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES FACES DEMANDS ‘FROM ALL SIDES’ AGAINST BACKDROP OF ENDEMIC CRISES IN OCCUPIED TERRITORY, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD

6 November, 2007
GA/SPD/386MINE BAN CONVENTION BOASTS LARGE SWATHES OF ‘MINE-FREE’ LAND, 40 MILLION MINES DESTROYED, NEAR HALT TO PRODUCTION, SALE, TRANSFER, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD

5 November, 2007
GA/SPD/385FOURTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES COMPREHENSIVE PEACEKEEPING REVIEW, WITH DELEGATIONS STRESSING SAFETY, SECURITY TRAINING, COORDINATION, CLEAR COMMAND STRUCTURES

2 November, 2007
GA/SPD/384RISKIER, MULTIDIMENSIONAL UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS INVOLVING MYRIAD ENTITIES, MECHANISMS REQUIRE EVER GREATER COORDINATION, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD

1 November, 2007
GA/SPD/383DEPARTMENT OF FIELD SUPPORT, AS COMPLEMENT TO PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT, SHOULD BE COHERENT, UNIFIED, INCLUSIVE, FOURTH COMMITTEE HEARS AS DEBATE OPENS

31 October, 2007
GA/SPD/382MOMENTOUS YEAR FOR UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING AS IT MOUNTS TWO UNIQUE OPERATIONS IN AFRICA, SUSTAINS 18 MORE, RESTRUCTURES DEPARTMENT, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD

29 October, 2007
GA/SPD/381FOURTH COMMITTEE CONSIDERS EFFECTS OF ATOMIC RADIATION ON HUMANKIND, ENVIRONMENT; APPROVES DRAFT TEXT IN SUPPORT OF STRENGTHENED FUNDING FOR SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

25 October, 2007
GA/SPD/380RECENT LAUNCH OF UNITED NATIONS PLATFORM FOR SPACE-BASED INFORMATION FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT, EMERGENCY RESPONSE (SPIDER) HAILED IN FOURTH COMMITTEE

24 October, 2007
GA/SPD/379SPACE SOLUTIONS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE, EQUAL ACCESS TO SPACE-BASED TECHNOLOGIES, WARNINGS ABOUT OUTER SPACE ARMS RACE DOMINATE DEBATE IN FOURTH COMMITTEE

22 October, 2007
GA/SPD/378UNITED NATIONS, AS ‘INDISPENSABLE FOUNDATION OF A PEACEFUL WORLD’, MUST BE HEARD CLEARLY, EFFECTIVELY, ACCORDING TO DRAFT RESOLUTION IN FOURTH COMMITTEE

19 October, 2007
GA/SPD/377IN A WORLD YEARNING FOR BALANCED INFORMATION, PUBLIC INFORMATION DEPARTMENT MUST LEARN TO TAP, MANAGE RANGE OF INTERNET CHOICES, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD

18 October, 2007
GA/SPD/376TELLING UNITED NATIONS STORY REQUIRED METHOD, PURPOSE; AS ‘MEGAPHONE’, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION GUIDED BY SECRETARY-GENERAL’S VISION, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD

15 October, 2007
GA/SPD/375FOURTH COMMITTEE, CONCLUDING ITS GENERAL DEBATE ON DECOLONIZATION, RECOMMENDS NINE DRAFT RESOLUTIONS FOR ADOPTION BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY, INCLUDING ON WESTERN SAHARA

11 October, 2007
GA/SPD/374FOURTH COMMITTEE URGES DECOLONIZATION PROGRESS FOR 16 REMAINING NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES, HEARS ADDITIONAL PETITIONERS ON WESTERN SAHARA DISPUTE

10 October, 2007
GA/SPD/373MAINTAINING FOCUS ON WESTERN SAHARA, FOURTH COMMITTEE HEARS 23 MORE PETITIONERS

9 October, 2007
GA/SPD/372FOURTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES DECOLONIZATION DEBATE, HEARING PETITIONERS FROM GUAM, WESTERN SAHARA

8 October, 2007
GA/SPD/371MOST OF WORLD’S POPULATION NO LONGER LIVES UNDER COLONIAL RULE, BUT UNITED NATIONS DECOLONIZATION MISSION STILL UNFULFILLED, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD AS DEBATE BEGINS

4 October, 2007
GA/SPD/370FOURTH COMMITTEE, APPROVING WORK PROGRAMME, WILL CONSIDER QUESTION OF PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS, PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE, DECOLONIZATION, AMONG TOPICS

18 September, 2007
BIO/3936-GA/SPD/369ABDALMAHMOOD ABDALHALEEM MOHAMAD OF SUDAN CHAIRMAN OF FOURTH COMMITTEE

17 July, 2007
GA/SPD/368RECOMMENDATIONS ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE, INCLUDING PROPOSED ‘UNITED NATIONS STANDARDS OF CONDUCT’

GA/SPD/368RECOMMENDATIONS ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE, INCLUDING PROPOSED ‘UNITED NATIONS STANDARDS OF CONDUCT’

GA/SPD/368RECOMMENDATIONS ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE, INCLUDING PROPOSED ‘UNITED NATIONS STANDARDS OF CONDUCT’

GA/SPD/368RECOMMENDATIONS ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE, INCLUDING PROPOSED ‘UNITED NATIONS STANDARDS OF CONDUCT’

GA/SPD/368RECOMMENDATIONS ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE, INCLUDING PROPOSED ‘UNITED NATIONS STANDARDS OF CONDUCT’

GA/SPD/368RECOMMENDATIONS ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE, INCLUDING PROPOSED ‘UNITED NATIONS STANDARDS OF CONDUCT’

GA/SPD/368RECOMMENDATIONS ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE, INCLUDING PROPOSED ‘UNITED NATIONS STANDARDS OF CONDUCT’

GA/SPD/368RECOMMENDATIONS ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE, INCLUDING PROPOSED ‘UNITED NATIONS STANDARDS OF CONDUCT’

GA/SPD/368RECOMMENDATIONS ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE, INCLUDING PROPOSED ‘UNITED NATIONS STANDARDS OF CONDUCT’

GA/SPD/368RECOMMENDATIONS ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE, INCLUDING PROPOSED ‘UNITED NATIONS STANDARDS OF CONDUCT’

GA/SPD/368RECOMMENDATIONS ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE, INCLUDING PROPOSED ‘UNITED NATIONS STANDARDS OF CONDUCT’

GA/SPD/368RECOMMENDATIONS ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE, INCLUDING PROPOSED ‘UNITED NATIONS STANDARDS OF CONDUCT’

GA/SPD/368RECOMMENDATIONS ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE, INCLUDING PROPOSED ‘UNITED NATIONS STANDARDS OF CONDUCT’

GA/SPD/368RECOMMENDATIONS ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE, INCLUDING PROPOSED ‘UNITED NATIONS STANDARDS OF CONDUCT’

GA/SPD/368RECOMMENDATIONS ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE, INCLUDING PROPOSED ‘UNITED NATIONS STANDARDS OF CONDUCT’

GA/SPD/368RECOMMENDATIONS ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE, INCLUDING PROPOSED ‘UNITED NATIONS STANDARDS OF CONDUCT’

GA/SPD/368RECOMMENDATIONS ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE, INCLUDING PROPOSED ‘UNITED NATIONS STANDARDS OF CONDUCT’

GA/SPD/368RECOMMENDATIONS ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE, INCLUDING PROPOSED ‘UNITED NATIONS STANDARDS OF CONDUCT’

GA/SPD/368RECOMMENDATIONS ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE, INCLUDING PROPOSED ‘UNITED NATIONS STANDARDS OF CONDUCT’

GA/SPD/368RECOMMENDATIONS ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE, INCLUDING PROPOSED ‘UNITED NATIONS STANDARDS OF CONDUCT’

GA/SPD/368RECOMMENDATIONS ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE, INCLUDING PROPOSED ‘UNITED NATIONS STANDARDS OF CONDUCT’

GA/SPD/368RECOMMENDATIONS ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE, INCLUDING PROPOSED ‘UNITED NATIONS STANDARDS OF CONDUCT’

GA/SPD/368RECOMMENDATIONS ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE, INCLUDING PROPOSED ‘UNITED NATIONS STANDARDS OF CONDUCT’

GA/SPD/368RECOMMENDATIONS ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE, INCLUDING PROPOSED ‘UNITED NATIONS STANDARDS OF CONDUCT’

GA/SPD/368RECOMMENDATIONS ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE, INCLUDING PROPOSED ‘UNITED NATIONS STANDARDS OF CONDUCT’

7 May, 2007
GA/SPD/367FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT REAFFIRMING NEED TO IMPLEMENT ZERO TOLERANCE OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION BY UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS

28 November, 2006
GA/SPD/366FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES NINE DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI ISSUES AS IT CONCLUDES MAIN PART OF CURRENT SESSION

21 November, 2006
GA/SPD/365FOURTH COMMITTEE DEFERS ACTION ON 10 DRAFT RESOLUTIONS UNTIL 28 NOVEMBER

9 November, 2006
GA/SPD/364FOURTH COMMITTEE DECIDES TO POSTPONE ACTION ON OUTSTANDING MIDDLE EAST-RELATED TEXTS, PENDING CONSULTATIONS

8 November, 2006
GA/SPD/363SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ISRAEL HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS NEEDS TO CONTINUE IMPORTANT ROLE, GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD

7 November, 2006
GA/SPD/362TERMINATE MANDATE OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE, ISRAEL URGES AS FOURTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES DEBATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN OCCUPIED ARAB LANDS

6 November, 2006
GA/SPD/361SPECIAL COMMITTEE CALLS FOR SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS AGAINST ISRAEL FOR ‘CULTURE OF IMPUNITY’ REGARDING ARAB RIGHTS IN OCCUPIED LANDS

2 November, 2006
GA/SPD/360FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION OF ARAB COUNTRIES TO PALESTINE RELIEF AGENCY MEAGRE, ISRAEL TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S SPECIAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE

1 November, 2006
GA/SPD/359LASTING PEACE MORE IMPORTANT THAN INTERNATIONAL AID IN IMPROVING HUMANITARIAN SITUATION OF PALESTINE REFUGEES, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD

31 October, 2006
GA/SPD/358FOURTH COMMITTEE BEGINS DISCUSSION OF UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AGENCY FOR PALESTINIAN REFUGEES

30 October, 2006
GA/SPD/357FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXTS ON SPACE-BASED INFORMATION FOR DISASTER RESPONSE, OUTER SPACE COOPERATION, UNIVERSITY FOR PEACE, EFFECTS OF ATOMIC RADIATION

26 October, 2006
GA/SPD/356UNITED NATIONS SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE, TASKED WITH ASSESSING EFFECTS OF ATOMIC RADIATION, TELLS FOURTH COMMITTEE OF SIGNIFICANT FUNDING SHORTAGE

25 October, 2006
GA/SPD/355SPEAKERS IN FOURTH COMMITTEE VOICE CONCERN OVER SEXUAL ABUSE, EXPLOITATION BY UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS, SUPPORT FOR ‘ZERO-TOLERANCE’ POLICY

23 October, 2006
GA/SPD/354SAFEGUARDING UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS AMID MOUNTING THREATS TO SECURITY AND SAFETY, AMONG CHALLENGES CONSIDERED IN FOURTH COMMITTEE

20 October, 2006
GA/SPD/353TROOP-CONTRIBUTING COUNTRIES OFFER GUIDANCE AS FOURTH COMMITTEE BEGINS REVIEW OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

19 October, 2006
GA/SPD/352UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITY, GLOBAL FOCUS NOW AT UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL, GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD

18 October, 2006
GA/SPD/351UNITED NATIONS, AS INDISPENSABLE FOUNDATION OF PEACEFUL AND JUST WORLD, MUST BE HEARD ‘CLEARLY AND EFFECTIVELY’, SAYS FOURTH COMMITTEE TEXT

17 October, 2006
GA/SPD/350MONOPOLY ON MODERN COMMUNICATIONS DISTORTS REALITIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, FOURTH COMMITTEE HEARS, AS IT CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF INFORMATION QUESTIONS

16 October, 2006
GA/SPD/349UNITED NATIONS HAS COMPELLING STORY TO TELL, BUT MUST CLOSE GAP BETWEEN WHAT PEOPLE WANTED AND WHAT IT COULD DELIVER, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD

13 October, 2006
GA/SPD/348FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT ON WESTERN SAHARA AT CONCLUSION OF DEBATE ON DECOLONIZATION ISSUES

12 October, 2006
GA/SPD/347POTENTIAL OUTER SPACE ARMS RACE, EQUITABLE ACCESS TO SPACE TECHNOLOGIES AMONG ISSUES AS FOURTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES DEBATE ON PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE

11 October, 2006
GA/SPD/346FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES 10 DRAFT TEXTS ON DECOLONIZATION, FIVE BY RECORDED VOTE; TURNING TO OUTER SPACE MATTERS, HEARS PLAN TO BOOST ACCESS TO SPACE-BASED DATA

6 October, 2006
GA/SPD/345WESTERN SAHARA REMAINS FOCUS AS FOURTH COMMITTEE ENDS GENERAL DEBATE; ACTION SET FOR NEXT WEEK ON DRAFT RESOLUTIONS

5 October, 2006
GA/SPD/344FOURTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES DECOLONIZATION DEBATE, HEARING PETITIONERS FROM WESTERN SAHARA, NEW CALEDONIA

4 October, 2006
GA/SPD/343FOURTH COMMITTEE HEARS FROM DELEGATES, TERRITORIAL REPRESENTATIVES, PETITIONERS AS IT CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF DECOLONIZATION ISSUES

3 October, 2006
GA/SPD/342FOURTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP QUESTION OF WESTERN SAHARA; SPEAKERS URGE INTENSIFIED EFFORTS TO BREAK IMPASSE, NOTE RELEASE OF MOROCCAN WAR PRISONERS, OTHER GAINS

2 October, 2006
GA/SPD/341DECOLONIZATION UNITED NATIONS SUCCESS STORY, BUT TASK NOT YET COMPLETE FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD, AS DEBATE BEGINS

28 September, 2006
GA/SPD/340FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES ITS WORK PROGRAMME, TIMETABLE FOR SIXTY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION; SETS UP WORKING GROUP ON OUTER SPACE

12 September, 2006
BIO/3804-GA/SPD/339MADHU RAMAN ACHARYA OF NEPAL CHAIRMAN OF FOURTH COMMITTEE

1 September, 2006
GA/SPD/338FOURTH COMMITTEE ENDORSES RECOMMENDATIONS ON ELIMINATION OF SEXUAL ABUSE IN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

12 May, 2006
GA/SPD/337FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT CALLING ON PEACEKEEPING COMMITTEE TO CONTINUE EFFORTS TO ENHANCE UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING CAPACITY

14 November, 2005
GA/SPD/336CONCLUDING SESSION, FOURTH COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON SITUATION OF PALESTINIANS, ISRAELI PRACTICES IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES

10 November, 2005
GA/SPD/335ASSEMBLY’S SPECIAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE RECEIVES SERIES OF DRAFT TEXTS ON SITUATION OF PALESTINIANS IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES

8 November, 2005
GA/SPD/334FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT URGING ASSISTANCE FOR MINE-AFFECTED COUNTRIES; RECOMMENDING 4 APRIL AS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF MINE AWARENESS

7 November, 2005
GA/SPD/333DESPITE SOME POSITIVE CHANGES, HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION OF PALESTINIANS STILL ‘DIRE’, ASSEMBLY’S SPECIAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE TOLD

2 November, 2005
GA/SPD/332HUMANITARIAN SITUATION OF PALESTINIANS DETERIORATING, SERVICE DELIVERY STILL HAMPERED BY RESTRICTIONS, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD

1 November, 2005
GA/SPD/331FOURTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE ON EFFECTS OF ATOMIC RADIATION, ADOPTS RELATED DRAFT RESOLUTION WITHOUT VOTE

28 October, 2005
GA/SPD/330FOURTH COMMITTEE HAILS WORK OF UN SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON EFFECTS OF ATOMIC RADIATION, CALLS FOR ADEQUATE RESOURCES TO FUND ITS WORK

27 October, 2005
GA/SPD/329REMAINING LANDMINES SAID TO BE OBSTACLE IN MANY COUNTRIES TO HUMANITARIAN AID, REFUGEE RETURN, ECONOMIC PROGRESS

26 October, 2005
GA/SPD/328EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS OF WAR HINDER DEVELOPMENT, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AS FOURTH COMMITTEE BEGINS DEBATE ON ASSISTANCE IN MINE ACTION

25 October, 2005
GA/SPD/327FOURTH COMMITTEE IN CONSENSUS APPROVAL OF DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON ‘QUESTION OF TOKELAU’, PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE

24 October, 2005
GA/SPD/326PEACEKEEPING PROBLEMS ARISE FROM UNREPRESENTATIVE SECURITY COUNCIL LACKING WILL TO ACT, DELEGATE TELLS FOURTH COMMITTEE AS IT CONTINUES REVIEW

21 October, 2005
GA/SPD/325ERADICATING SEXUAL ABUSE BY PEACEKEEPING PERSONNEL AMONG MAIN CONCERNS EXPRESSED IN FOURTH COMMITTEE DEBATE ON UN PEACE OPERATIONS

20 October, 2005
GA/SPD/324CURRENT PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS AFFECT LIVES OF 200 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE, UNDER-SECRETRY-GENERAL SAYS IN ADDRESS TO FOURTH COMMITTEE

19 October, 2005
GA/SPD/323SPACE TECHNOLOGIES MUST BENEFIT ALL COUNTRIES, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD, AS IT CONCLUDES DEBATE ON PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE

18 October, 2005
GA/SPD/322DELEGATES EXPRESS CONCERN OVER EVER-EXPANDING MILITARY USE, WEAPONIZATION OF OUTER SPACE AS FOURTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE

17 October, 2005
GA/SPD/321USING OUTER SPACE FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSES CAN GOOD CONTRIBUTE TO IMPLEMENTATION OF MILLENNIUM DECLARATION, CHAIRMAN SAYS, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE BEGINS DEBATE

14 October, 2005
GA/SPD/320FOURTH COMMITTEE, ACTING BY CONSENSUS, APPROVES TWO DRAFT RESOLUTIONS, DRAFT DECISION AS IT CONCLUDES DEBATE ON INFORMATION QUESTIONS

13 October, 2005
GA/SPD/319NEED TO BRIDGE ‘DIGITAL DIVIDE’, REDUCING DISADVANTAGE OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, STRESSED IN ASSEMBLY’S FOURTH COMMITTEE

12 October, 2005
GA/SPD/318PROMOTION OF 2005 WORLD SUMMIT EXAMPLE OF HOW CHANGES IN PUBLIC INFORMATION DEPARTMENT WERE PAYING OFF, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS FOURTH COMMITTEE

11 October, 2005
GA/SPD/317FOURTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DEBATE ON DECOLONIZATION ISSUES, APPROVING 10 DRAFT TEXTS

10 October, 2005
GA/SPD/316MOROCCO, ALGERIA FACE ACCUSATIONS AS POLISARIO REPRESENTATIVE, EX-OFFICIALS ADDRESS FOURTH COMMITTEE HEARING OF PETITIONERS IN DECOLONIZATION DEBATE

7 October, 2005
GA/SPD/315PETITIONERS IN FOURTH COMMITTEE COMMEND UNITED NATIONS ACTIONS ON WESTERN SAHARA, BUT SAY IT HAS FAILED TO DELIVER ON REFERENDUM

6 October, 2005
GA/SPD/314REPRESENTATIVES OF MEMBER STATES, NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES, PETITIONERS ADDRESS FOURTH COMMITTEE, AS IT CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE ON DECOLONIZATION

5 October, 2005
GA/SPD/313FOURTH COMMITTEE SPEAKERS, OPENING GENERAL DEBATE ON DECOLONIZATION, WELCOME PROGRESS ON ISSUE OF TOKELAU, NOTE IMMINENT REFERENDUM

29 September, 2005
BIO/3695-GA/SPD/311YASHAR ALIYEV OF AZERBAIJAN FOURTH COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN

GA/SPD/312FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES WORK PROGRAMME, ESTABLISHES WORKING GROUP ON OUTER SPACE, CONSIDERS REQUESTS FOR HEARING BY PETITIONERS

18 April, 2005
GA/SPD/310FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION URGING ACTION BY MEMBER STATES TO ELIMINATE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, ABUSE IN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

23 March, 2005
GA/SPD/309FOURTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ENDORSEMENT OF PROPOSALS BY SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

11 March, 2005
GA/SPD/308FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES RECOMMENDATIONS ON RATIONALIZING FUTURE AGENDA

24 November, 2004
GA/SPD/307FOURTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES WORK WITH ADOPTION OF NINE TEXTS, ALL BY RECORDED VOTE, ON PALESTINE REFUGEE AGENCY, ISRAELI PRACTICES IN OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES

17 November, 2004
GA/SPD/306FOURTH COMMITTEE ACCEPTS REQUEST TO POSTPONE ACTION ON DRAFT RESOLUTIONS RELATING TO PALESTINE REFUGEE AGENCY, ISRAELI PRACTICES IN OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES

10 November, 2004
GA/SPD/305FOURTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DEBATE ON REPORT CONCERNING ISRAELI PRACTICES IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES

8 November, 2004
GA/SPD/304FOURTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP REPORT ON ISRAELI PRACTICES IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES

2 November, 2004
GA/SPD/303SPEAKERS IN FOURTH COMMITTEE EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR UNRWA’S HUMANITARIAN WORK, CALL FOR ADEQUATE FUNDING, EASE OF ISRAELI RESTRICTIONS

1 November, 2004
GA/SPD/302AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES FACING MAJOR OBSTACLES IN MAINTAINING SERVICES, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD

29 October, 2004
GA/SPD/301FOURTH COMMITTEE, FAILING TO REACH AGREEMENT ON MINE ACTION RESOLUTION, RECOMMENDS ASSEMBLY INCLUDE ITEM IN AGENDA OF SIXTIETH SESSION

28 October, 2004
GA/SPD/300ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED FOR FUNDS TO REDUCE IMPACT OF LANDMINES AS FOURTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP NEW ITEM ON ASSISTANCE IN MINE ACTION

27 October, 2004
GA/SPD/299DEVELOPED COUNTRIES URGED TO PLAY A LARGER ROLE IN PROVIDING TROOPS, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES DEBATE ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

26 October, 2004
GA/SPD/298DELEGATES IN FOURTH COMMITTEE EMPHASIZE NEED TO SUPPORT REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, OTHER ALLIANCES IN COPING WITH SURGING DEMAND FOR UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING

25 October, 2004
GA/SPD/297PRESENT-DAY PEACEKEEPING DEMANDS EXCEED CAPACITY OF ANY SINGLE ORGANIZATION, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN BRIEFING TO FOURTH COMMITTEE

21 October, 2004
GA/SPD/296FOURTH COMMITTEE REAFFIRMS DEPARTMENT’S ROLE AS FOCAL POINT FOR UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION AS IT APPROVES TEXT ON POLICIES, ACTIVITIES

20 October, 2004
GA/SPD/295FOURTH COMMITTEE SPEAKERS COMMEND REFORMS IN UN PUBLIC INFORMATION DEPARTMENT UNDERLINE IMPORTANCE OF INFORMATION CENTRES

19 October, 2004
GA/SPD/294IN TIME OF CHALLENGE, PUBLIC INFORMATION CRITICAL TO MAINTAINING SUPPORT FOR UN MANDATES, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS FOURTH COMMITTEE

18 October, 2004
GA/SPD/293/Rev.1FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT TEXT ON WESTERN SAHARA, WITH 89 ABSTENTIONS AS EFFORTS TO REACH CONSENSUS FAIL

14 October, 2004
GA/SPD/292FOURTH COMMITTEE POSTPONES ACTION ON WESTERN SAHARA DRAFT RESOLUTION, TWO OTHER TEXTS ON DECOLONIZATION QUESTIONS

13 October, 2004
GA/SPD/291BENEFITS FROM SPACE EXPLORATION MUST BE SHARED AMONG ALL NATIONS, FOURTH COMMITTEE IS TOLD

12 October, 2004
GA/SPD/290FOURTH COMMITTEE SEEKS CASE-BY-CASE PROGRAMME, BY END OF 2005, TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION OF UN DECOLONIZATION RESOLUTION

11 October, 2004
GA/SPD/289FOURTH COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN SAYS PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE HAVE POTENTIAL FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF MILLENNIUM DECLARATION, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

8 October, 2004
GA/SPD/288MOROCCO INVITES ALGERIA TO ENTER INTO DIRECT DIALOGUE ON WESTERN SAHARA, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DISCUSSION OF DECOLONIZATION ISSUES

7 October, 2004
GA/SPD/287PETITIONERS URGE SECURITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER WESTERN SAHARA UNDER CHAPTER VII AS FOURTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE ON DECOLONIZATION

6 October, 2004
GA/SPD/286SPEAKERS URGE PRESSURE ON MOROCCO TO COOPERATE IN WESTERN SAHARA REFERENDUM, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE

5 October, 2004
GA/SPD/285WESTERN SAHARA, SECOND DECADE TO ERADICATE COLONIALISM AMONG ISSUES IN FOURTH COMMITTEE GENERAL DEBATE

4 October, 2004
GA/SPD/284DELEGATES URGE ERADICATION OF COLONIALISM DURING SECOND DECADE, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE BEGINS GENERAL DEBATE

30 September, 2004
GA/SPD/283FOURTH COMMITTEE ADOPTS AGENDA, APPROVES WORK PROGRAMME DURING ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING

14 September, 2004
BIO/3600-GA/SPD/282KYAW TINT SWE OF MYANMAR CHAIRMAN OF FOURTH COMMITTEE

23 June, 2004
GA/SPD/281FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION ENDORSING LATEST PROPOSALS, RECOMMENDATIONS OF PEACEKEEPING COMMITTEE

14 November, 2003
GA/SPD/280FOURTH COMMITTEE, ENDING WORK FOR SESSION, REAFFIRMS ROLE OF PALESTINE REFUGEE AGENCY, CALLS FOR MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SUPPORT

13 November, 2003
GA/SPD/279FOURTH COMMITTEE, DEFERRING ACTION ON TEXTS, TO CONCLUDE SESSION TOMORROW

11 November, 2003
GA/SPD/278FOURTH COMMITTEE POSTPONES ACTION ON FINAL ITEMS OF SESSION

6 November, 2003
GA/SPD/277SPEAKERS CONDEMN ISRAEL’S HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES, CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL DISENGAGEMENT FORCE, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES DEBATE

5 November, 2003
GA/SPD/276GRAVE CONCERN EXPRESSED OVER DETERIORATING SITUATION IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP REPORT ON ISRAELI PRACTICES

3 November, 2003
GA/SPD/275STRONG SUPPORT EXPRESSED FOR PALESTINE REFUGEE AGENCY, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF ANNUAL REPORT

30 October, 2003
GA/SPD/274PALESTINIAN REFUGEE AGENCY STILL FACES MAJOR CHALLENGES AS SITUATION IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES WORSENS, COMMISSIONER-GENERAL TELLS FOURTH COMMITTEE

29 October, 2003
GA/SPD/273FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT ASKING GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO EMPHASIZE PUBLIC INFORMATION DEPARTMENT’S ESSENTIAL ROLE AS UN’S CLEAR, EFFECTIVE VOICE

28 October, 2003
GA/SPD/272SPEAKERS PRAISE PUBLIC INFORMATION REFORMS AS FOURTH COMMITTEE DELEGATES EMPHASIZE NEED TO SENSITIZE, EDUCATE ON WORK OF UNITED NATIONS

27 October, 2003
GA/SPD/271STRATEGIC USE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION TO BECOME EVER-MORE CRITICAL IN BUILDING SUPPORT FOR UNITED NATIONS, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS FOURTH COMMITTEE

23 October, 2003
GA/SPD/270FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXTS ENDORSING WORK OF OUTER SPACE COMMITTEE, URGING FULL SUPPORT FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF 1999 VIENNA SPACE CONFERENCE

21 October, 2003
GA/SPD/269USING BENEFITS OF SPACE SCIENCE FOR ALL HUMANKIND, AVOIDING OUTER SPACE ARMS RACE STRESSED IN FOURTH COMMITTEE DEBATE

20 October, 2003
GA/SPD/268CRUCIAL ROLE OF REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN RESOLVING AFRICA’S CONFLICTS HIGHLIGHTED, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES PEACEKEEPING DEBATE

17 October, 2003
GA/SPD/267TRADITIONAL PEACEKEEPING’S TRANSFORMATION INTO MORE ROBUST, COMPLEX OPERATIONS FOCUS OF DISCUSSION IN FOURTH COMMITTEE

16 October, 2003
GA/SPD/266FOURTH COMMITTEE REACHES CONSENSUS ON NEW TEXT SUPPORTING EFFORTS TOWARDS POLITICAL SOLUTION OF DISPUTE OVER WESTERN SAHARA

15 October, 2003
GA/SPD/265REFORM OF UN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS A REAL PROCESS WITH REAL BENEFITS, UNDER-SECERTARY-GENERAL TELLS FOURTH COMMITTEE

14 October, 2003
GA/SPD/264FOURTH COMMITTEE REASSERTS SELF-DETERMINATION AS RIGHT FOR PEOPLES IN NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES

13 October, 2003
GA/SPD/263FOURTH COMMITTEE BEGINS REVIEW OF EFFECTS OF ATOMIC RADIATION

10 October, 2003
GA/SPD/262MOROCCO AND ALGERIA SHOULD NEGOTIATE FINAL SETTLEMENT OF WESTERN SAHARA QUESTION, MOROCCAN REPRESENTATIVE TELLS FOURTH COMMITTEE

8 October, 2003
GA/SPD/261DIFFERING VIEWS ON FUTURE OF GIBRALTAR ARE HEARD BY ASSEMBLY’S DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE

7 October, 2003
GA/SPD/260FOURTH COMMITTEE SPEAKERS CALL FOR GREATER EFFORTS BY ADMINISTERING POWERS TO HELP REMAINING TERRITORIES ACHIEVE SELF-DETERMINATION

6 October, 2003
GA/SPD/259SPEAKERS STRESS NEED TO ‘STAY THE COURSE’ UNTIL 16 REMAINING NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES ACHIEVE SELF-DETERMINATION, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE BEGINS DEBATE

29 September, 2003
GA/SPD/258FOURTH COMMITTEE ELECTS THREE OFFICERS BY ACCLAMATION, DEFERS ELECTION OF THIRD VICE-CHAIRPERSON TO LATER DATE

16 September, 2003
BIO/3531-GA/SPD/257ENRIQUE LOEDEL OF URUGUAY FOURTH COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN

28 May, 2003
GA/SPD/256SPECIAL COMMITTEE’S PROPOSALS ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS ENDORSED UNDER TEXT APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE

15 November, 2002
GA/SPD/25512 TEXTS ON PALESTINE RELIEF AGENCY, ISRAELI PRACTICES IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE, AS IT CONCLUDES WORK FOR CURRENT SESSION

12 November, 2002
GA/SPD/254ISRAELI PRACTICES IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, FORM OF APARTHEID FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD, AS DEBATE CONTINUES

11 November, 2002
GA/SPD/253'DISTURBING' HUMANITARIAN DETERIORATION IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES FOCUS, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP REPORT ON ISRAELI PRACTICES

5 November, 2002
GA/SPD/252FOURTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DEBATE ON UN RELIEF AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES; DETERIORATING MIDDLE EAST SITUATION, AGENCY'S FINANCIAL PROBLEMS HIGHLIGHTED

4 November, 2002
GA/SPD/251FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD OF CRISIS IN PALESTINIAN AID AGENCY; ECONOMIC AFTERMATH OF CLOSURES, CURFEWS IN OCCUPIED TERRITORY

31 October, 2002
GA/SPD/250INFORMATION DEPARTMENT'S ONGOING REVIEW, PROGRESS TOWARDS 'EVALUATION CULTURE' WELCOMED IN DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE

30 October, 2002
GA/SPD/249INFORMATION DEPARTMENT MANAGEMENT REFORM, STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE UN MESSAGE AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES INFORMATION DEBATE

29 October, 2002
GA/SPD/248UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL DESCRIBES TRANSFORMED PUBLIC INFORMATION DEPARTMENT WITH RENEWED FOCUS, CLARITY OF PURPOSE IN STATEMENT TO FOURTH COMMITTEE

24 October, 2002
GA/SPD/247PEACEKEEPING CAPACITY OF ‘WAR-RAVAGED’ AFRICAN CONTINENT MUST BE ENHANCED, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD, AS IT CONCLUDES PEACEKEEPING DEBATE

22 October, 2002
GA/SPD/246DELAYS IN REIMBURSEMENT ‘GREAT HARDSHIP’ FOR TROOP-CONTRIBUTING COUNTRIES, KENYA TELLS FOURTH C0MMITTEE, AS PEACEKEEPING DEBATE CONTINUES

21 October, 2002
GA/SPD/245REFORM, PEACEKEEPER MISCONDUCT, CRITERIA FOR SENIOR-LEVEL APPOINTMENTS AMONG ISSUES RAISED IN FOURTH COMMITTEE DEBATE ON PEACEKEEPING

18 October, 2002
GA/SPD/244UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL REVIEWS PAST YEAR’S PEACEKEEPING SUCCESSES, DETAILS OUTSTANDING ISSUES, IN STATEMENT TO FOURTH COMMITTEE

15 October, 2002
GA/SPD/243EFFECTS OF ATOMIC RADIATION, NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORY OF TOKELAU ADDRESSED IN DRAFT TEXTS APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE

11 October, 2002
GA/SPD/242SPEAKERS SAY SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE'S BUDGET SHORTFALL MUST BE ADDRESSED, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP REPORT ON EFFECTS OF ATOMIC RADIATION

9 October, 2002
GA/SPD/241FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT ENDORSING OUTER SPACE COMMITTEE’S WORK, PREPARATIONS FOR 2004 GENERAL ASSEMBLY REVIEW OF UNISPACE III

8 October, 2002
GA/SPD/240SPEAKERS WARN AGAINST POTENTIAL OUTER SPACE ARMS RACE, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE CONTINUE DEBATE

7 October, 2002
GA/SPD/239IMPORTANCE OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AMONG ISSUES HIGHLIGHTED, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE

4 October, 2002
GA/SPD/238RIGHT OF NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES TO SELF-DETERMINATION REAFFIRMED, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES NINE DECOLONIZATION TEXTS

3 October, 2002
GA/SPD/237NO ALTERNATIVE TO SELF-DETERMINATION IN DECOLONIZATION PROCESS, GIBRALTAR'S CHIEF MINISTER TELLS FOURTH COMMITTEE

2 October, 2002
GA/SPD/236WESTERN SAHARA SETTLEMENT PLAN MUST BE IMPLEMENTED WITHOUT DELAY, SAY SPEAKERS IN FOURTH COMMITTEE

1 October, 2002
GA/SPD/235DEVELOPMENTS IN TOKELAU DESCRIBED AS MODEL FOR ACHIEVING PROGRESS IN NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES, DURING FOURTH COMMITTEE DEBATE

30 September, 2002
GA/SPD/234SPEAKERS CELEBRATE TIMOR-LESTE’S INDEPENDENCE, CALL FOR PROGRESS ON REMAINING TERRITORIES, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE BEGINS DECOLONIZATION DEBATE

26 September, 2002
GA/SPD/233FOURTH COMMITTEE ELECTS THREE VICE-CHAIRPERSONS AND RAPPORTEUR AS IT HOLDS FIRST MEETING

11 September, 2002
BIO/3451-GA/SPD/232GRAHAM MAITLAND OF SOUTH AFRICA: CHAIRMAN OF FOURTH COMMITTEE

26 April, 2002
GA/SPD/230PROPOSALS, RECOMMENDATIONS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PEACEKEEPING ENDORSED IN DRAFT TEXT APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE

21 November, 2001
GA/SPD/229MEANINGFUL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS, TROOP CONTRIBUTORS NEEDED, SAY SPEAKERS IN FOURTH COMMITTEE, AS PEACEKEEPING DEBATE CONCLUDES

20 November, 2001
GA/SPD/227MEDIA COVERAGE OF TERRORIST ATTACKS, UN RADIO PROJECT AMONG ISSUES DISCUSSED AS FOURTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF INFORMATION QUESTIONS

GA/SPD/228IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE PEACEKEEPING PLANNING, RAPID DEPLOYMENT ALREADY IN PLACE, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS FOURTH COMMITTEE

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