Special Political and Decolonization Committee (4th Committee) of the General Assembly - Press Releases
2007
- 26 November, 2007 - GA/SPD/392
FOURTH 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/391
WORLD 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/390
DEEPLY 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/389
PALESTINE’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/388
FOURTH COMMITTEE MEMBERS SEEK TO REINFORCE UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES, AS ‘SAFETY NET’ AMID DETERIORATING SITUATION - 7 November, 2007 - GA/SPD/387
UNITED 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/386
MINE 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/385
FOURTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES COMPREHENSIVE PEACEKEEPING REVIEW, WITH DELEGATIONS STRESSING SAFETY, SECURITY TRAINING, COORDINATION, CLEAR COMMAND STRUCTURES - 2 November, 2007 - GA/SPD/384
RISKIER, MULTIDIMENSIONAL UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS INVOLVING MYRIAD ENTITIES, MECHANISMS REQUIRE EVER GREATER COORDINATION, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD - 1 November, 2007 - GA/SPD/383
DEPARTMENT 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/382
MOMENTOUS 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/381
FOURTH 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/380
RECENT LAUNCH OF UNITED NATIONS PLATFORM FOR SPACE-BASED INFORMATION FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT, EMERGENCY RESPONSE (SPIDER) HAILED IN FOURTH COMMITTEE - 24 October, 2007 - GA/SPD/379
SPACE 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/378
UNITED 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/377
IN 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/376
TELLING 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/375
FOURTH 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/374
FOURTH COMMITTEE URGES DECOLONIZATION PROGRESS FOR 16 REMAINING NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES, HEARS ADDITIONAL PETITIONERS ON WESTERN SAHARA DISPUTE - 10 October, 2007 - GA/SPD/373
MAINTAINING FOCUS ON WESTERN SAHARA, FOURTH COMMITTEE HEARS 23 MORE PETITIONERS - 9 October, 2007 - GA/SPD/372
FOURTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES DECOLONIZATION DEBATE, HEARING PETITIONERS FROM GUAM, WESTERN SAHARA - 8 October, 2007 - GA/SPD/371
MOST 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/370
FOURTH 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/369
ABDALMAHMOOD ABDALHALEEM MOHAMAD OF SUDAN CHAIRMAN OF FOURTH COMMITTEE - 17 July, 2007 - GA/SPD/368
RECOMMENDATIONS ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS APPROVED BY FOURTH COMMITTEE, INCLUDING PROPOSED ‘UNITED NATIONS STANDARDS OF CONDUCT’ - 7 May, 2007 - GA/SPD/367
FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT REAFFIRMING NEED TO IMPLEMENT ZERO TOLERANCE OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION BY UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS