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UN General Assembly - 3rd Committee (Social, humanitarian & cultural)
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| 22 November, 2011 | | GA/SHC/4033 | Third Committee Approves Resolution Condemning Human Rights Violations in Syria, by Vote of 122 in Favour to 13 Against, with 41 Abstentions |
| 21 November, 2011 | | GA/SHC/4032 | Third Committee Approves Draft Resolutions on Human Rights Situations in Iran, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Myanmar |
| 18 November, 2011 | | GA/SHC/4031 | Third Committee Approves Text Stressing Critical Importance of Women's Political Participation in All Contexts Peace, Conflict, Political Transition |
| 17 November, 2011 | | GA/SHC/4030 | Third Committee Approves Resolution Recommending Adoption of United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training |
| 15 November, 2011 | | GA/SHC/4029 | Text Recommending Adoption of Protocol to Child Rights Convention Establishing Communications Procedure for Individual Complaints Approved By Third Committee |
| 10 November, 2011 | | GA/SHC/4028 | Third Committee Approves Text Condemning All Forms of Torture, Any Steps to Legalize Such Actions, Including on Grounds of National Security |
| 8 November, 2011 | | GA/SHC/4027 | Draft Text Approved by Third Committee Recognizes Youth as Key Agents for Social Change, Affirms Investment in Youth Crucial for Sustainable Development |
| 3 November, 2011 | | GA/SHC/4026 | Third Committee Approves Draft Resolution on Womens Anti-Discrimination Convention; Hears Introduction of 11 Texts on Wide Range of Issues |
| 2 November, 2011 | | GA/SHC/4025 | Five Years after Creation, Human Rights Council Has Completed Appraisal of Human Rights Situation in Every Country in the World, Third Committee Told |
| 1 November, 2011 | | GA/SHC/4024 | 21st Century Proving to Be Century of People on the Move, Innovative Approaches Needed to Address New Patterns of Forced Displacement, Third Committee Told |
| 31 October, 2011 | | GA/SHC/4023 | UN Expert Reports Alarming Resurgence in Use of Mercenaries to Violate Human Rights, Often in New, Novel Ways, in Statement to Third Committee |
| 28 October, 2011 | | GA/SHC/4022 | Ten Years after Global Agreement in Durban on Framework to Combat Racism, No Country Could Claim to Be Free from Scourge, Third Committee Told |
| 27 October, 2011 | | GA/SHC/4021 | In Third Committee, States Describe National Efforts Made to Meet Human Rights Obligations; Stress Rights Are Equal, Indivisible, Mutually Reinforcing |
| 26 October, 2011 | | GA/SHC/4020 | With Crises Disproportionately Affecting Most Vulnerable, World Community Must Ensure Economic, Social Rights Not Relegated to Second Tier, Committee Told |
| 25 October, 2011 | | GA/SHC/4019 | Landmark Election in Tunisia Superb Demonstration of UN Providing Advice, Support, while Fully Respecting National Leadership, Ownership Third Committee Told |
| 24 October, 2011 | | GA/SHC/4018 | Several Aspects of Sexual, Reproductive Health Providing Information, Using Contraception, Abortion Should Be Decriminalized, Third Committee Told |
| 21 October, 2011 | | GA/SHC/4017 | Extremists Have Pushed Anti-immigration Agenda, but in Fact We Are All Migrants, Migrant Rights Are Human Rights, Says United Nations Expert in Third Committee |
| 20 October, 2011 | | GA/SHC/4016 | Under Prolonged Israeli Occupation, Childrens Development Deformed by Pervasive Deprivations Affecting Health, Education, Security, UN Expert Tells Committee |
| 19 October, 2011 | | GA/SHC/4015 | Protest Movements in Middle East, North Africa Reaffirm Reach of Human Rights Even Where Repression Once Seemed Immutable, Third Committee Told |
| 18 October, 2011 | | GA/SHC/4014 | Special Rapporteur on Torture Tells Third Committee Use of Prolonged Solitary Confinement on Rise, Calls for Global Ban on Practice |
| 17 October, 2011 | | GA/SHC/4013 | Special Rapporteur Highlights Negative, Even Catastrophic Impact of Extractive Industries on Rights of Indigenous Peoples, in Third Committee Statement |
| 14 October, 2011 | | GA/SHC/4012 | In Third Committee Member States Detail National Steps to Safeguard, Nurture Children, Call for More Support to The Most Vulnerable of the Vulnerables |
| 13 October, 2011 | | GA/SHC/4011 | Strengthening Global Efforts against Criminal Financing, Money-Laundering, among Issues Addressed, as Third Committee Approves Four Criminal Justice Texts |
| 12 October, 2011 | | GA/SHC/4010 | 'Too Many Children Are Being Left Behind' Simply Because They Are Born Female, Have Disabilities, Live in Worlds Poorest Places, Third Committee Told |
| 11 October, 2011 | | GA/SHC/4009 | With Equal Rights, Empowerment, Women Can Be Agents of Change for Sustained Socio-economic Development, Security around World, Third Committee Told |
| 10 October, 2011 | | GA/SHC/4008 | After Remarkable Year for Gender Equality, Womens Empowerment, Momentum Must Be Turned into Tangible Gains for Women, Girls Everywhere, Third Committee Told |
| 6 October, 2011 | | GA/SHC/4007 | Criminal Groups Trafficking in Drugs, Weapons Can Destabilize Countries, Regions; Combating Them Requires Increased Cooperation, Resources, Third Committee Told |
| 5 October, 2011 | | GA/SHC/4006 | World Confronts Complex, Practically Seamless Web of Crime, Corruption, Drugs, Which Touches Every Country, Spans Every Region, Third Committee Told |
| 4 October, 2011 | | GA/SHC/4005 | Austerity Measures Adopted by Developed Countries Hurt Global Growth, Push More into Poverty, Just When Greater Social Protection Needed, Third Committee Told |
| 3 October, 2011 | | GA/SHC/4004 | As World Struggles with Economic Crisis, Time Bomb of Rising Social Inequality Could Tear Apart Moral Fabric of Societies, Third Committee Told |
| 16 September, 2011 | | GA/SHC/4003 | Third Committee Completes Bureau for Sixty-Sixth General Assembly Session |
| 14 September, 2011 | | BIO/4321-GA/SHC/4002 | Haniff Hussein of Malaysia Chair of Third Committee |
| 23 November, 2010 | | GA/SHC/4001 | Third Committee Approves Eight More Draft Resolutions as Current Session Concludes; Durban Commemorative Meeting, Regulating Private Security Companies among Issues |
| 22 November, 2010 | | GA/SHC/4000 | Third Committee Approves Text to Ensure Human Rights Protected in Anti-Terrorism Efforts, Another Stating No Religion Should Be Equated with Terrorism |
| 19 November, 2010 | | GA/SHC/3999 | General Assembly Will Declare 30 August International Day for Victims of Enforced Disappearance, in Resolution Approved by Third Committee |
| 18 November, 2010 | | GA/SHC/3998 | Third Committee Approves Resolutions on Human Rights in Myanmar, Iran, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea |
| 16 November, 2010 | | GA/SHC/3997 | General Assembly Will Hold World Conference on Indigenous Peoples in 2014, under Terms of Resolution Recommended by Third Committee |
| 11 November, 2010 | | GA/SHC/3996 | General Assembly Will Call for All States to Establish a Moratorium on Executions with View to Abolishing Death Penalty, under Text Approved by Third Committee |
| 9 November, 2010 | | GA/SHC/3995 | Third Committee Approves Text Calling for Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Global Development Goal Efforts, High-Level Meeting to Assess Progress |
| 4 November, 2010 | | GA/SHC/3994 | Third Committee Approves Three Texts on Womens Issues Welcoming UN Women, Condemning All Violence against Women, Establishing International Widows Day |
| 3 November, 2010 | | GA/SHC/3993 | Eliminating Racial Discrimination; Ensuring Right to Self-Determination; Protecting Refugees Issues Addressed, as Third Committee Continues Human Rights Debate |
| 2 November, 2010 | | GA/SHC/3992 | Voluntary Refugee Returns Worst in Two Decades; World Faces Quasi-Permanent Refugee Situations in Areas of Never-Ending Conflict, Third Committee Told |
| 1 November, 2010 | | GA/SHC/3991 | Intergovernmental Working Group Established by Human Rights Council to Elaborate Convention on Regulating Private Security Companies, Third Committee Told |
| 28 October, 2010 | | GA/SHC/3990 | Third Committee Approves Draft Text Calling for General Assembly Plenary Meeting to Launch International Year of Cooperatives 2012 |
| 27 October, 2010 | | GA/SHC/3989 | National Efforts to Protect Human Rights, Effectiveness of Human Rights Council and Special Procedures among Issues, as Third Committee Debate Continues |
| 26 October, 2010 | | GA/SHC/3988 | Cornerstone Security Council Resolutions on Counter-Terrorism Should Be Replaced by Single Text Not Adopted Under Charters Chapter VII, Third Committee Told |
| 25 October, 2010 | | GA/SHC/3987 | General Assembly, Human Rights Council Texts Declaring Water, Sanitation Human Right Breakthrough; Challenge Now to Turn Right into a Reality, Third Committee Told |
| 22 October, 2010 | | GA/SHC/3986 | Past Trends towards Increasing Criminalization of Irregular Migration Continue; Migrants Face Racism, Abuse, Appalling Housing Conditions, Third Committee Told |
| 21 October, 2010 | | GA/SHC/3985 | Unprecedented Pressures on Farmland with 30 million Hectares Lost Annually Poses Direct Threat to the Right to Food of Rural Populations, Third Committee Told |
| 20 October, 2010 | | GA/SHC/3984 | Sixty Years after Human Rights Declaration Adopted Challenge Remains Same Bringing Vision Closer to Ground, so It Touches Lives of Real People, Third Committee Told |
| 19 October, 2010 | | GA/SHC/3983 | Twenty-Six Years after UN Treaty Aimed at Absolute Prohibition of Torture Adopted We Have Not yet Achieved That Goal, Third Committee Told |
| 18 October, 2010 | | GA/SHC/3982 | Implementation of Indigenous Rights Declaration Should Be Regarded as Political, Moral, Legal Imperative without Qualification, Third Committee Told |
| 15 October, 2010 | | GA/SHC/3981 | Third Committee Speakers Describe Wide Range of Ways from Reintegration of Child Soldiers to Rural Schools-on-Wheels Countries Promote Child Rights |
| 14 October, 2010 | | GA/SHC/3980 | Third Committee Approves Text on Bangkok Rules for Treatment of Female Prisoners; One of Four Criminal Justice Resolutions Recommended to General Assembly |
| 13 October, 2010 | | GA/SHC/3979 | To Truly Universalize Child Rights Global Community Must Reach Neediest Children in Critical Early Years with Nutrition, Protection, Third Committee Told |
| 12 October, 2010 | | GA/SHC/3978 | Third Committee Speakers Say 2010 Groundbreaking Year for Womens Empowerment, with Creation of UN Women, While Underlining Many Challenges Ahead |
| 11 October, 2010 | | GA/SHC/3977 | Calls for Gender Equality, Womens Empowerment Must Be More Than a Mantra; It Must Become a Lived Reality for Women in All Countries, Third Committee Told |
| 7 October, 2010 | | GA/SHC/3976 | Transnational Organized Crime Extending Reach into New Areas Cyber Crime, High Seas Poaching Which Needs Coordinated Response, Third Committee Told |
| 6 October, 2010 | | GA/SHC/3975 | Struggle against Organized Crime, Corruption, Drug Trafficking Connected; Too Big for Countries to Confront on Their Own, Third Committee Told |
| 5 October, 2010 | | GA/SHC/3974 | Residual Effects of Global Crises Financial, Food, Fuel Impeding Progress towards Achieving Millennium Development Goals, Third Committee Told |
| 4 October, 2010 | | GA/SHC/3973 | To Achieve Development Goals Inclusive Policies Needed to Reduce Unemployment, Fight Poverty, Lessen Social Injustice, Says Under-Secretary General |
| 14 September, 2010 | | BIO/4241-GA/SHC/3972 | Michel Tommo Monthe of Cameroon Chair of Third Committee |
| 27 August, 2010 | | GA/SHC/3971 | Michel Tommo Monthe of Cameroon Elected Chair of Third Committee for Sixty-Fifth Session of General Assembly |
| 24 November, 2009 | | GA/SHC/3970 | Girl Child, Eliminating Racism, Protecting Human Rights while Countering Terrorism among Issues, as Third Committee Approves Five More Texts, Concludes Session |
| 23 November, 2009 | | GA/SHC/3969 | Third Committee Decision Welcomes Outcome of Durban Review Conference, One of Six Texts Recommended to General Assembly for Adoption |
| 20 November, 2009 | | GA/SHC/3968 | Acting on 20th Anniversary of Child Rights Convention, Third Committee Approves Annual Resolution on Rights of the Child by Consensus |
| 19 November, 2009 | | GA/SHC/3967 | General Assembly Will Adopt Declaration, Strategy to Counter World Drug Problem under Terms of Draft Resolution Approved by Third Committee |
| 12 November, 2009 | | GA/SHC/3966 | Third Committee Approves Resolution Aimed at Combating Defamation of Religions, One of 16 Draft Texts Recommended to General Assembly |
| 10 November, 2009 | | GA/SHC/3965 | Saying Torture Can Never Be Justified, Third Committee Approves Text Condemning Any Attempt to Legalize, Authorize, Including on National Security Grounds |
| 3 November, 2009 | | GA/SHC/3964 | Five Mega-Trends -- including Population Growth, Urbanization, Climate Change -- Make Contemporary Displacement Increasingly Complex, Third Committee Told |
| 2 November, 2009 | | GA/SHC/3963 | Third Committee Speakers Say Durban Review Conference Start of New Era in Fight against Racial Discrimination |
| 29 October, 2009 | | GA/SHC/3962 | Third Committee Approves Resolution Calling for Intensified Efforts by All UN Bodies to Eliminate Violence against Women |
| 28 October, 2009 | | GA/SHC/3961 | Speakers in Third Committee Draw Links between Fight to Secure Human Rights, Fight against Poverty, as Three-Day Discussion Concludes |
| 27 October, 2009 | | GA/SHC/3960 | UN Expert Tells Third Committee No State Free from Human Rights Violations, Accountability System Must Be Effective in as Many States as Possible |
| 26 October, 2009 | | GA/SHC/3959 | Political Affairs Head Says UN Efforts to Assist Elections in High Demand as Third Committees Debate on Promotion of Human Rights Continues |
| 23 October, 2009 | | GA/SHC/3958 | Third Committee Hears Presentations from Six UN Human Rights Experts, As Debate on Promotion, Protection of Human Rights Continues |
| 22 October, 2009 | | GA/SHC/3957 | Third Committee Approves Texts on Crime Congress, Cooperatives, Year of Family, Womens Anti-Discrimination Convention, African Crime Institute, Ageing |
| 21 October, 2009 | | GA/SHC/3956 | Ordinary People Throughout World Want Human Rights of Universal Declaration Translated into Reality, UN High Commissioner Tells Third Committee |
| 20 October, 2009 | | GA/SHC/3955 | Convention against Torture Next Generation Treaty That Places Value on Prevention over Cure, Third Committee Told |
| 19 October, 2009 | | GA/SHC/3954 | Implementing Declaration on Indigenous Rights Will Bring Historical Justice, Develop Stronger, Democratic, Multicultural Societies, Third Committee Told |
| 16 October, 2009 | | GA/SHC/3953 | Credibility of States Rested in Their Work for Future Generations; Children Must Be Protected, Nurtured, Encouraged to Participate, Third Committee Told |
| 15 October, 2009 | | GA/SHC/3952 | Third Committee Approves Texts on Commemoration of 15th Anniversary of Beijing Declaration, Technical Assistance for Implementing Terrorism Conventions |
| 14 October, 2009 | | GA/SHC/3951 | Urgent Action Needed by World Community to Stamp Out Violence against Children, Newly Appointed Special Representative Tells Third Committee |
| 13 October, 2009 | | GA/SHC/3950 | Efforts to Empower Women, Initiatives to Promote Sustainable Economic Growth Mutually Reinforcing, Say Third Committee Speakers |
| 12 October, 2009 | | GA/SHC/3949 | Third Committee Delegates Encourage Speedy Implementation of Proposal for New, Composite United Nations Body to Oversee Gender Equality, Womens Empowerment |
| 8 October, 2009 | | GA/SHC/3948 | Successful Fight against Drug Trafficking, Transnational Organized Crime Requires Interlocking National, Regional, International Strategies, Third Committee Told |
| 7 October, 2009 | | GA/SHC/3947 | Sinister Nexus of Drugs, Crime, Terrorism Must Be Countered by Promoting Health, Justice, Security, Third Committee Told |
| 6 October, 2009 | | GA/SHC/3946 | Strengthening Well-Being of Youth Not Just a Question of Rights; Should Be Key Strategy in Bolstering Vitality of Global Village, Third Committee Told |
| 5 October, 2009 | | GA/SHC/3945 | World Economic Crisis Could Have Unparalleled Negative Consequences on Human Development, Third Committee Told, as Debate Begins for Current Session |
| 15 September, 2009 | | BIO/4127-GA/SHC/3944 | Normans Penke of Lativia Chair of Third Committee |
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