Background Release

ON 23 – 24 JUNE, CIVIL SOCIETY TO PRESENT VIEWS TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

ON POVERTY, SECURITY, RIGHTS ISSUES FOR 2005 WORLD SUMMIT

 

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary

104^th Meeting (AM)*

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS $3.2 BILLION 2005-2006 PEACEKEEPING BUDGET;

STRESSES NEED FOR STRONGER MANAGEMENT DURING SURGE IN OPERATIONS

Other Texts Address Elimination of Sexual

Exploitation on Peacekeeping Operations, UN Language Parity

Special Committee on

Decolonization

10^th Meeting (AM)

DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE TEXT URGES ADMINISTERING POWERS TO PROTECT

NATURAL RESOURCES IN NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES

Also Adopts Resolution on Issues in 11 SpecificTerritories

Special Committee on

Decolonization

9^th Meeting (AM)

Decolonization committee urges continued peaceful progress

 

towards act of self-determination in New Caledonia

 

Also Takes Up United StatesVirgin Islands, Bermuda

Special Committee on

Decolonization

8^th Meeting (AM)

DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE REQUESTS ARGENTINA, UNITED KINGDOM

TO RESUME NEGOTIATIONS ON FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS)

 

Special Committee on

Decolonization

6^th & 7^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

102^nd Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS JAN ELIASSON OF SWEDEN AS PRESIDENT OF SIXTIETH SESSION,

ALSO DECIDES ON OFFICERS FOR MAIN COMMITTEES

The General Assembly this morning elected, by acclamation, Jan Eliasson of Sweden as the President of its sixtieth session, which is scheduled to open in September.

Special Committee on

Decolonization

5^th Meeting (AM)

DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION ON INFORMATION,

CONSIDERS QUESTION OF WESTERN SAHARA

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

57^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE APPROVES $3.2 BILLION FOR 2005-2006 PEACEKEEPING,

AS IT CONCLUDES RESUMED SESSION

Also Recommends to General Assembly Comprehensive Text

Aimed at Strengthening Peacekeeping Management, Administration

Special Committee on

Decolonization

4^th Meeting (AM)

GIBRALTAR PETITIONERS TELL DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE SOVEREIGNTY DISPUTE

BETWEEN SPAIN, UK SHOULD NOT DISPLACE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION

Hears from Territory’s Chief Minister, Opposition Leader;

Spain’s Delegate Says Territorial Integrity Overriding Principle