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GA/AB/3787
22 December 2006
General AssemblyGA/AB/3787
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fifth Committee

37th Meeting (Night)


FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES ASSESSMENT SCALE FOR REGULAR, PEACEKEEPING BUDGETS,


TEXTS ON COMMON SYSTEM, PENSION FUND, AS IT CONCLUDES SESSION


Other Drafts Concern 2008-2009 Budget Outline,

GA/10567
22 December 2006
General AssemblyGA/10567
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-first General Assembly

HIGHLIGHTS


GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT TELLS OF BRIDGE-BUILDING EFFORTS TO RESTORE


NORTH-SOUTH TRUST, QUELL TENSIONS OVER UNITED NATIONS REFORM


Secretary-General Stresses Importance of ‘Truly Multilateral World Order’

GA/AB/3786
21 December 2006
General AssemblyGA/AB/3786
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fifth Committee

36th Meeting (PM)


BUDGET COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFTS ON HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT,


CAPITAL MASTER PLAN, PROGRAMME PLANNING, PROCUREMENT REFORM


Other Texts Address Financing Lebanon Mission, International Tribunals;

GA/10564
20 December 2006
General AssemblyGA/10564
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

83rd Meeting (PM)


GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION STRESSING COOPERATION FOR UNIVERSAL


ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS IT ACTS ON OVER 40 SECOND COMMITTEE REPORTS


Delegates also Act on Plenary Texts, Including

GA/10563
20 December 2006
General AssemblyGA/10563
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

82nd Meeting (AM)


Concluding consideration of Third Committee reports, General Assembly


adopts convention on enforced disappearance

 


Defers Action on Indigenous Peoples’ Declaration; Adopts Texts on Kidnapping,

GA/10562
19 December 2006
General AssemblyGA/10562
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

81st Meeting (PM)


GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS 46 THIRD COMMITTEE TEXTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES,


REFUGEES, SELF-DETERMINATION, RACISM, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

 


Resolutions, Decisions Also Adopted on Women’s Advancement, Child Rights