Sixtieth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

38^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES CONSULTATIONS ON BUDGET IMPLICATIONS

OF PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

Sixtieth General Assembly

Plenary

71^st Meeting (AM)

Secretary-General presents report to General Assembly calling

for ‘radical overhaul’ of un management structure, practices

Says Current Rules Designed for Static Secretariat,

Sixtieth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

37^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONSIDERS BUDGET IMPLICATIONS OF PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL,

AS IT OPENS RESUMED SESSION

Also Takes Up Issues Concerning

Special Committee on

Decolonization

1^st Meeting (AM)

UN DECOLONIZATION WORK ‘REMAINS UNFINISHED’, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

AS DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE OPENS 2006 SESSION

UNITED NATIONS TO OBSERVE REFERENDUM ON SELF-DETERMINATION IN TOKELAU,

A NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORY, FROM 11 TO 15 FEBRUARY

Sixtieth General Assembly

Plenary

70^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY HEARS CALL FOR ALL UN MEMBER STATES TO HONOUR

OLYMPIC TRUCE IN CONNECTION WITH FORTHCOMING WINTER GAMES

Assembly Also Acts on Khmer Rouge Trials, Honours Memory of Late Amir of Kuwait

Sixtieth General Assembly

HIGHLIGHTS

CREATION OF PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION, EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND HIGHLIGHTS,

AS 60^TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY TAKES FIRST STEPS TOWARDS MAJOR UN REFORM

Debate on Several Other Key Issues, Including Proposed Human Rights

Sixtieth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

36^th Meeting (Night)

FIFTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS $3.79 BILLION 2006-2007 BUDGET;

PROVISION PLACES LIMIT ON FIRST-YEAR SPENDING AUTHORITY

Initial ‘Tranche’ of 2006 Expenditures Limited to $950 Million,

Sixtieth General Assembly

Plenary

69^th Meeting (AM, Night)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS 2006-2007 BUDGET OF $3.79 BILLION,

AS MAIN PART OF SIXTIETH SESSION CONCLUDES

Budget Provision Limits First-Year Spending as ‘Exceptional Measure’;

Sixtieth General Assembly

Plenary

68^th Meeting* (AM)

General Assembly calls for timely conclusion to negotiations on doha agenda,

as it adopts 38 texts recommended by its Second Committee

 

Success in World Trade Talks Could Help Raise Living Standards,