Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

11^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE CONTINUES DEBATE ON BOARD OF AUDITORS REPORTS,

SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS

(Issued on 21 October 2004.)

The United Nations must pursue accountability at the highest levels, several speakers said this morning as the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) continued its discussions on the findings of the Board of Auditors.

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

35^th Meeting (AM & PM)

SPEAKERS CALL FOR FURTHER ACTION TO SUPPORT AFRICAN-LED STRATEGIES FOR PEACE,

DEVELOPMENT, OVERCOME DEADLY DISEASES, AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES DEBATE

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

11^th Meeting (PM)

Fourth committee approves draft text on western sahara,

 

With 89 abstentions as efforts to reach consensus fail

 

Morocco, Algeria Differ on Approach; Texts Also Approved

On New Caledonia, Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Atomic Radiation

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

16^th & 17^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Practical approach focusing on concrete actions to protect children needed,

 

third committee told, as it begins discussion of children’s rights

Children and Armed Conflict, Violence

Against Children, Activities of UNICEF among Topics Discussed

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

7^th Meeting (AM)

Terrorism never justified, legal committee is told,

but fight against it must conform to rule of law

Call for Strengthening of UN Mechanisms to Counter

Scourge; Delegates Report on International, Regional Efforts

(Issued on 19 October 2004.)

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

14^th Meeting (AM)

top United Nations officials tell second committee of efforts

to combat disasters, desertification, climate change

 

Toll of Natural Hazards Doubled, Economic Losses

Trebled, Delegates Told During Debate on Sustainable Development

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

First Committee

10^th Meeting (AM)

POSSIBLE TREATY BANNING PRODUCTION OF FISSILE MATERIAL

FOR WEAPONS PURPOSES DEBATED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

The international community needed to rethink the nature of the often-called for fissile material cut-off treaty, the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) was told this afternoon, as it began its thematic debate.

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

10^th Meeting (AM)

ASSESSMENT SCALE, BOARD OF AUDITORS REPORTS ON UN FUNDS,

PROGRAMMES TAKEN UP IN BUDGET COMMITTEE

(Issued on 20 October 2004.)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

33^rd & 35^th Meetings (AM & PM)

INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT CRUCIAL FOR NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA’S

 

DEVELOPMENT TO SUCCEED, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD

 

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

14^th & 15^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Speakers reaffirm millennium declaration’s call for women’s empowerment,

 

as third committee concludes discussion of advancement of women

Many Agree on Need for Women’s Access

To Resources, Opportunities for Progress in Poverty Eradication