Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

118^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, FOLLOWING INTENSE, LAST-MINUTE TALKS, CONCLUDES 59TH SESSION

WITH APPROVAL OF DRAFT OUTCOME DOCUMENT FOR WORLD SUMMIT

Outgoing Assembly President Hopes Summit’s

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

117^th Meeting (Night)

MEMBER STATES, GEARING UP FOR 60^th ANNIVERSARY SESSION, ADOPT MEASURES

TO STRENGTHEN, REVITALIZE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Decide to Defer over 50 Agenda Items to Forthcoming Session

FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES NEARLY $1 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR GENERAL

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, DEFERS ACTION ON CAPITAL MASTER PLAN

Concluding 59^th Session, Committee Informed That Loan Interest Rate

For Master Plan, if Accepted after October, Would Not Exceed 5.35 Per Cent

STAKES ARE HIGH FOR WORLD SUMMIT AT UN, 14 - 16 SEPTEMBER

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary

116^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS 27 AD LITEM JUDGES TO TRIBUNAL FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA ;

APPOINTS 4 MEMBERS OF JOINT INSPECTION UNIT

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

59^th Meeting* (PM)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

115^th Meeting (PM)

 ‘UNITING FOR CONSENSUS’ GROUP OF STATES INTRODUCES TEXT

ON SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Proposes Maintaining Permanent 5, with 20 Elected Members

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

114^th Meeting (PM)

TIME RIPE TO REDRESS HISTORICAL INJUSTICE BY ACCORDING AFRICA PERMANENT

 

REPRESENTATION ON SECURITY COUNCIL, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD

 

African Proposal Also Seeks Same Privileges as Current Permanent Members

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary

113^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ENDORSES MAURITIUS DECLARATION,

STRATEGYFORSMALLISLAND DEVELOPING STATES

 

Also Adopts Texts on Human Rights Education, Cooperation

With Central African States, Assembly Participation despite Arrears

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary

112^th Meeting (PM)

Twenty-eight more speakers state their positions in General Assembly debate

On new draft proposal for UN Security Council reform

 

United States, United Kingdom, Russian Federation,

Germany and India among Speakers, As Two-Day Discussion Ends