Sixty-second General Assembly
Third Committee
34th Meeting (PM)
THIRD COMMITTEE CALLS ON ASSEMBLY TO DESIGNATE 2 APRIL WORLD AUTISM DAY
Assembly Called on to Encourage, Facilitate
Establishment of Cooperatives among Excluded Groups
Acting without a vote this afternoon, the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) approved eight draft resolutions which called on the General Assembly to take action on an array of issues, ranging from eliminating all forms of violence against women, through strengthening the United Nations crime prevention programme, to designating one special day as World Autism Day.* *** *
Another resolution approved today on World Autism Awareness Day would have the Assembly designate 2 April as World Autism Awareness Day, to be observed every year beginning in 2008.
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