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

 

Sixtieth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

8^th Meeting (AM)

NEED TO BRIDGE ‘DIGITAL DIVIDE’, REDUCING DISADVANTAGE OF DEVELOPING

COUNTRIES, STRESSED IN ASSEMBLY’S FOURTH COMMITTEE

Delegates Also Seek Improved UN Image, Strengthening of Information Centres

Sixtieth General Assembly

Third Committee

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

SOCIAL COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON COOPERATIVES,

VOLUNTEERS; CONCLUDES DISCUSSION OF WOMEN’S ISSUES

Draft Texts Introduced on UN Criminal Justice Programme,

Sixtieth General Assembly

Second Committee

11^th Meeting (AM)

PANEL CALLS FOR OVERHAUL OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE, BETTER

DEBT RESTRUCTURING IN PRESENTATION BEFORE SECOND COMMITTEE

Committee Also Concludes Discussion on Follow-up

Sixtieth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

3^rd Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE TAKES UP 2004 - 2005 REPORT OF INTERNAL OVERSIGHT OFFICE;

STENGTHENED ACCOUNTABILITY, PLAN FOR REDUCED DUPLICATION ALSO DISCUSSED

(Issued on 13 October 2005.)

Sixtieth General Assembly

Plenary

31^st & 32^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

GENEROUS INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FOR AFRICA TO BEAT ‘POVERTY TRAP’,

ACHIEVE DEVELOPMENT GOALS, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD

Sixtieth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

7^th Meeting (AM)

promotion of 2005 world summit example of how changes in public information

department were paying off, under-secretary-general tells fourth committee