Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

76^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATES $53.63 MILLION FOR STRENGTHENED,

UNIFIED UN SECURITY, AS IT CONCLUDES MAIN PART OF 59^TH SESSION

Acts on WideRange of Recommendations from Budget Committee;

Texts on Africa’s Development, Anti-Malaria Decade among Others Adopted

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

33^rd Meeting (PM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS $53.63 MILLION FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL’S PLAN

FOR STRENGTHENED UN SECURITY, AS IT CONCLUDES CURRENT SESSION

Additional RecommendationsAddressWideRange of Issues,

Including Human Resources Management, UN Oversight Bodies

(Issued on 23 December 2004.)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

75^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS 40 RESOLUTIONS, Five DECISIONS

 

ON WIDERANGE OF ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL ISSUES

 

Importance of Open, Transparent, Inclusive Trading System Emphasized;

Poverty, Corruption, Disaster Relief, Sustainable Development also Addressed

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

74^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS 61 RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS,

 

SOCIAL, HUMANITARIAN ISSUES

 

Approves Texts on Human Rights Situations

In Iran, Democratic Republic of Congo, Turkmenistan

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

41^st Meeting (PM)

DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY SECOND COMMITTEE STRESSES IMPORTANCE

OF OPEN, TRANSPARENT, INCLUSIVE MULTILATERAL TRADING SYTEM

 

DelegatesPass Text on International Trade

And Development by 152 Votes in Favour, 2 Against, 6 Abstentions

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

32^nd Meeting (AM)

General Assembly unanimously adopts resolution approving work plan

for commemoration of organization’s sixtieth anniversary

 

Measure Outlines Format, Organization of High-Level Millennium Review

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

40^th Meeting (PM)

SECOND COMMITTEE TEXT EMPHASIZES NEED FOR COMMODITY-DEPENDENT DEVELOPING

COUNTRIES TO ENCOURAGE DIVERSIFICATION, LIBERALIZE TRADE

 

Without Vote, Delegates Approve Six Other Drafts, Oral Decision

(Issued on 17 December 2004.)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

31^st Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT ON UN PENSION SYSTEM

 

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

72^nd Meeting (PM)

General Assembly Reaffirms Strong Support for Global Certification Scheme

to Disrupt Diamond Smuggling

 

Other Resolutions Adopted Today Concern UN Humanitarian Aid,

Southern African Development Community, Promotion of Tolerance, Culture of Peace