Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

25^th Meeting (AM)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

57^th (resumed) Meeting (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, IN RESUMED MEETING, ELECTS 14 JUDGES TO INTERNATIONAL

CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

 

The General Assembly today, following seven rounds of voting over two days, elected 14 judges to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), for four-year terms beginning on 17 November 2005.

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

46^th & 47^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Third Committee Approves 16 Draft Resolutions On Human Rights, Racism,

Refugee Issues, Including Text on Human Rights in Turkmenistan

 

Decides to Take No Action on Belarus Draft

Communique by council of presidents of General Assembly

 

Following is the text of a communiqué issued today by the Council of Presidents of the General Assembly:

The Council of Presidents of the General Assembly of the United Nations held its annual meeting at UN Headquarters from 16 to 18 November 2004.

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

57^th Meeting (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY SUSPENDS ELECTION OF JUDGES FOR YUGOSLAV TRIBUNAL,

 

FOLLOWING FOUR INCONCLUSIVE ROUNDS OF VOTING

After four inconclusive rounds of voting today, the General Assembly decided to continue the process to elect judges for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) at 10 a.m. tomorrow, 19 November.

fourth committee accepts request to postpone action on draft resolutions relating

 

to Palestine refugee agency, Israeli Practices in occupied arabterritories

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

45^th Meeting (AM)*

Third Committee approves draft resolution on human rights in Iran,

follow-up to Social Development Summit

 

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

26^th Meeting (AM)

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

35^th Meeting (AM)

delegates stress need for increased funding to help close digital divide

as second committee concludes debate on ict for development

Eight Draft Resolutions Introduced on WideRange of Agenda Items

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

56^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, CONCERNED ABOUT WORLD’S MARINE ECOSYSTEMS,

 

ADOPTS TEXTS ON LAW OF SEA, SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES

The observation of the tenth anniversary of the landmark United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea was capped by the adoption of two resolutions today, following a day and half-long debate in the General Assembly.