Saturday, October 27, 2007

Sixth Committee: Work to Date

The Sixth Committee of the UN General Assembly has been meeting for the past three weeks. On Monday, the Committee will take up the Report of the International Law Commission. Here are the UN Press Releases describing the Committee's work to date during the current session:

October 26, 2007 - ASSEMBLY’S LEGAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD NATIONS COMING FROM CONFLICT NEED HELP IN ESTABLISHING EFFECTIVE ‘RULE OF LAW’

October 25, 2007 - AS LEGAL COMMITTEE BEGINS DEBATE ON RULE OF LAW, DELEGATES DISCUSS DIFFERENCES IN NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL IMPLICATIONS

October 25, 2007 - PROMOTING RULE OF LAW ‘VERY HEART OF THE UNITED NATIONS MISSION’, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN LEGAL COMMITTEE REMARKS

October 23, 2007 - REVIEWING ISSUES OF HARM, DAMAGE FROM UNLAWFUL TRANSBOUNDARY ACTIONS, LEGAL COMMITTEE WEIGHS MERITS OF GUIDELINES, FORMAL TREATY

October 22, 2007 - SIXTH COMMITTEE SPEAKERS APPLAUD WORK OF UNCITRAL ON STEPS TO REMOVE LEGAL OBSTACLES TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE

October 19, 2007 - LEGAL COMMITTEE SEES THREE OPTIONS FOR PURSUING ISSUE OF DIPLOMATIC PROTECTION; IN DEBATE, VIEWS DIFFER ON DESIRED OUTCOME

October 17, 2007 - LEGAL COMMITTEE AGREES TO REVIEW CONDITIONS FOR USE OF SANCTIONS AS POSSIBLE PRELUDE TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY ACTION

October 16, 2007 - HELP FOR ‘THIRD STATES’ IN APPLICATION OF SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS NO LONGER MAJOR CONCERN, ASSEMBLY’S LEGAL COMMITTEE TOLD

October 15, 2007 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION SEEN AS FIRST STEP ON PROBLEM OF CRIMINAL MISCONDUCT BY PERSONNEL ON UNITED NATIONS MISSIONS

October 11, 2007 - UNITED STATES TELLS ASSEMBLY’S LEGAL COMMITTEE ANTI-TERRORISM EFFORTS MUST STRESS PREVENTION OF GLOBAL EXPANSION, ADDRESS LEGITIMATE GRIEVANCES

October 10, 2007 - ASSEMBLY’S LEGAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD RECENT CONTACTS MAY HELP EARLY COMPLETION OF TEXT AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

October 8, 2007 - ASSEMBLY’S LEGAL COMMITTEE ADOPTS WORK PROGRAMME, BEGINS DEBATE ON ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE WITHIN UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM