Sixtieth General Assembly

General Committee

1^st Meeting (Night)

general committee recommends inclusion of more than 150 items

on agenda of sixtieth General Assembly session

 

Included for First Time, Holocaust Remembrance to Be Considered in Plenary

Sixtieth General Assembly

Plenary

1^st Meeting (PM)

EXPECTATIONS HIGH FOR ANTICIPATED REFORMS TO ORGANIZATION, GENERAL ASSEMBLY

PRESIDENT JAN ELIASSON SAYS AT OPENING OF SIXTIETH SESSION

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

118^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, FOLLOWING INTENSE, LAST-MINUTE TALKS, CONCLUDES 59TH SESSION

WITH APPROVAL OF DRAFT OUTCOME DOCUMENT FOR WORLD SUMMIT

Outgoing Assembly President Hopes Summit’s

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

117^th Meeting (Night)

MEMBER STATES, GEARING UP FOR 60^th ANNIVERSARY SESSION, ADOPT MEASURES

TO STRENGTHEN, REVITALIZE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Decide to Defer over 50 Agenda Items to Forthcoming Session

FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES NEARLY $1 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR GENERAL

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, DEFERS ACTION ON CAPITAL MASTER PLAN

Concluding 59^th Session, Committee Informed That Loan Interest Rate

For Master Plan, if Accepted after October, Would Not Exceed 5.35 Per Cent

STAKES ARE HIGH FOR WORLD SUMMIT AT UN, 14 - 16 SEPTEMBER

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary

116^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS 27 AD LITEM JUDGES TO TRIBUNAL FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA ;

APPOINTS 4 MEMBERS OF JOINT INSPECTION UNIT

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

59^th Meeting* (PM)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

115^th Meeting (PM)

 ‘UNITING FOR CONSENSUS’ GROUP OF STATES INTRODUCES TEXT

ON SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Proposes Maintaining Permanent 5, with 20 Elected Members

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

114^th Meeting (PM)

TIME RIPE TO REDRESS HISTORICAL INJUSTICE BY ACCORDING AFRICA PERMANENT

 

REPRESENTATION ON SECURITY COUNCIL, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD

 

African Proposal Also Seeks Same Privileges as Current Permanent Members