Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

10^th Meeting (AM)

fourth committee postpones action on western sahara draft resolution,

 

Two other texts on decolonization questions

Committee Also Begins General Debate on Effects of Atomic Radiation

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

12^th & 13^th Meetings (AM & PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES 11 DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON CRIME PREVENTION,

INTERNATIONAL DRUG CONTROL, ROLE OF FAMILIES IN DEVELOPMENT

Also Continues Discussion on Advancement of Women, Hearing 43 Speakers

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

 

LEGAL COMMITTEE SPEAKERS LAUD START OF JUDICIAL FUNCTIONING

of international criminal court; growing adherence noted

 

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

12^th Meeting (PM)

ECONOMIC COMMITTEE TOLD OF PROGRESS BY UN-HABITAT IN EASING

problems of water supply, sanitation in slum areas

 

Agency Said to Need Increased Funds to Reach Millennium

Goals; Debate Concludes on Global Conference on Development Financing

(Issued on 15 October 2004.)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

First Committee

9^th Meeting (PM)

Disarmament committee concludes general debate

 

The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) this afternoon heard the final speaker in its general debate, which began on 4 October.

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

8^th Meeting (AM)

Pace, methods of General Assembly management reform debated in budget committee

(Issued on 15 October 2004.)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

30^th & 31^st Meetings (AM & PM)

REAFFIRMING SUPPORT FOR POPULATION, DEVELOPMENT GOALS, SPEAKERS IN GENERAL

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

9^th Meeting (AM)

 

Benefits from space exploration must be shared

among all nations, fourth committee is told

 

Developing Countries Said to Need Help to Take Full Advantage

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

11^th Meeting (AM)

SPEAKERS IN THIRD COMMITTEE STRESS NEED TO COUNTER

CONTINUING EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS

Measures Highlighted Include UN Peacekeeping Project
to End Women’s Exploitation, National Efforts to Counter Sex Tourism

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

5^th Meeting (PM)

 

STRICT OBSERVANCE OF HUMANITARIAN LAW, MEASURES TO PROTECT

 

DIPLOMATS URGED IN ASSEMBLY’S LEGAL COMMITTEE

As Status of New Protocols to Geneva Convention Is Discussed,

Delegates Stress Key Role of International Committee of Red Cross

(Issued on 14 October 2004.)