Sixtieth General Assembly                                  

Sixtieth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP SCALE SETTING MEMBER STATE CONTRIBUTIONS TO UN BUDGET

Current Scale Set through 2006; Japan Says More Equitable Scale Structure Needed

Sixtieth General Assembly

Plenary

34^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS 18 MEMBERS TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

FOR THREE-YEAR TERMS BEGINNING 1 JANUARY 2006

Sixtieth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

9^th Meeting (AM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE, ACTING BY CONSENSUS, APPROVES TWO DRAFT RESOLUTIONS,

DRAFT DECISION AS IT CONCLUDES DEBATE ON INFORMATION QUESTIONS

Sixtieth General Assembly

Third Committee

15^th Meeting (AM)

EFFECTS OF POVERTY, CONFLICT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AMONG MAIN TOPICS OF DISCUSSION,

AS THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES UP CHILDREN’S RIGHTS ISSUES

Sixtieth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

7^th Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE SPEAKERS URGE REVIEW OF HARMFUL CONSEQUENCES

OF UN SANCTIONS AGAINST COUNTRIES NOT MAIN TARGET

Aim Should Be to Mitigate Humanitarian Effects; Debate Begins

Sixtieth General Assembly

First Committee

12^th Meeting (PM)

WORLD COMMUNITY HAS ‘BLIND SPOT’ ON GRAVE THREAT FROM GLOBAL

TRADE IN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS, DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE TOLD

Draft Texts Address Humanitarian Impact of Small Arms,

Sixtieth General Assembly

First Committee

11^th Meeting (PM)

LEGALLY BINDING INSTRUMENT NEEDED TO COMBAT ILLICIT SMALL-ARMS TRADE,

WHICH FUELS CONFLICT, UNDERMINES DEVELOPMENT, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

Hears Introduction of Draft Texts

Sixtieth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

4^th & 5^th Meetings (AM & PM)

UN FINANCIAL SITUATION SHOWS ‘ENCOURAGING SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT’,

BUT CONTINUED FRAGILITY, CONTROLLER TELLS BUDGET COMMITTEE

Debate on Accountability, Oversight Also Continues

Sixtieth General Assembly

Plenary

33^rd Meeting (AM)

general assembly concludes debate on new partnership for africa’s development,

decade to roll back malaria