Special Political and Decolonization Committee (4th Committee) of the General Assembly - Press Releases
2008
- 7 November, 2008 - GA/SPD/418
CONCLUDING 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/417
ISRAEL CALLS REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE ISRAELI PRACTICES IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES ‘BIASED AND ANACHRONISTIC’, IN FOURTH COMMITTEE - 5 November, 2008 - GA/SPD/416
FOURTH 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/415
ISRAEL’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/414
UN 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/413
UNITED 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/412
UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING FACES ‘UPHILL STRUGGLE’; SURMOUNTING CHALLENGES REQUIRES MORE EXPANSIVE REFORM AGENDA, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD - 27 October, 2008 - GA/SPD/411
SPEAKERS 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/410
PEACEKEEPING’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/409
FOR UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING, CONSIDERATION MUST BE GIVEN TO MEETING CHALLENGES INHERENT IN ‘POLITICALLY CHARGED, INSECURE SCENARIOS’, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD - 22 October, 2008 - GA/SPD/408
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION’S MISSION ‘CENTRAL TO AND INSEPARABLE FROM’ OBJECTIVES AND AIMS OF UNITED NATIONS, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD - 21 October, 2008 - GA/SPD/407
FOURTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS CONSENSUS DRAFT RESOLUTION ON WESTERN SAHARA FOR ADOPTION BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY - 20 October, 2008 - GA/SPD/406
FOLLOWING INTENSE DEBATE, FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES AMENDED OMNIBUS TEXT ON NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES - 17 October, 2008 - GA/SPD/405
UNABLE TO REACH CONSENSUS, ASSEMBLY’S FOURTH COMMITTEE POSTPONES ACTION ON DRAFT DECOLONIZATION RESOLUTION - 16 October, 2008 - GA/SPD/404
REDRESSING CHRONICALLY UNDER-FUNDED SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE, WHOSE WORK UNDERPINS PUBLIC PROTECTION FROM ATOMIC RADIATION EXPOSURE, FOCUS IN FOURTH COMMITTEE - 15 October, 2008 - GA/SPD/403
FOURTH 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/402
SPACE 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/401
FOURTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ADOPTION BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF EIGHT RESOLUTIONS, TWO DECISIONS ON DECOLONIZATION; ‘OMNIBUS’, WESTERN SAHARA DRAFTS PENDING - 10 October, 2008 - GA/SPD/400
DELEGATES URGE SUSTAINED MOMENTUM IN NEGOTIATIONS ON WESTERN SAHARA, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE ON DECOLONIZATION - 9 October, 2008 - GA/SPD/399
STRONG POLITICAL WILL NEEDED TO FULLY IMPLEMENT DECOLONIZATION AGENDA, DELEGATES SAY, AS FOURTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE - 8 October, 2008 - GA/SPD/398
DIVERGENT 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/397
PETITIONERS ADDRESS FOURTH COMMITTEE ON GIBRALTAR, GUAM, WESTERN SAHARA, UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS –- REVEALING COMPLEX DYNAMICS OF DECOLONIZATION ISSUES - 6 October, 2008 - GA/SPD/396
ERADICATING COLONIALISM REQUIRES FRESH, CONCRETE, CREATIVE IMPETUS, FOURTH COMMITTEE HEARS AS GENERAL DEBATE OPENS ON DECOLONIZATION - 2 October, 2008 - GA/SPD/395
FOURTH COMMITTEE, APPROVING WORK PROGRAMME, AGREES TO CONSIDER PEACEKEEPING, DECOLONIZATION, ISRAELI PRACTICES, OUTER SPACE, ATOMIC RADIATION ITEMS - 16 September, 2008 - BIO/4026-GA/SPD/394
JORGE ARGÜELLO OF ARGENTINA CHAIRMAN OF FOURTH COMMITTEE - 11 August, 2008 - GA/SPD/393
FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT URGING IMPLEMENTATION OF SUBSIDIARY BODY’S PROPOSALS ON REVIEW OF ALL UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING QUESTIONS