Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

45^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS $595.5 MILLION INITIAL BUDGET FOR SUDANMISSION

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this morning approved a budget of $595.5 million for the initial establishment of the United Nations Advance Mission in the Sudan (UNAMIS), for the period 1 July 2004 to 31 October 2005.

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary

92^nd Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES ARRANGEMENTS FOR SEPTEMBER HIGH-LEVEL SUMMIT

The General Assembly today adopted a resolution, as orally revised, on preparations for and organization of its high-level plenary meeting, scheduled for 14 to 16 September, at the beginning of its sixtieth session.

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

44^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE TAKES UP FINANCING FOR SUDANMISSION

 

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this morning took up the financing of the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS), for which the Secretary-General is seeking a commitment authority, with assessment, of $595.5 million gross.

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary

91^st Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS CONVENTION ON NUCLEAR TERRORISM; WILL OPEN

FOR SIGNATURE AT HEADQUARTERS 14 SEPTEMBER

Also Adopts 16 Budget Committee Texts;

Peacekeeping Finance, Reform of UN Justice System among Issues Addressed

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary

89^th & 90^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SEPTEMBER SUMMIT LAST CHANCE TO MOBILIZE ACTION FOR TIMELY ACHIEVEMENT

OF MILLENNIUM GOALS, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD

During Three-Day Session to Review Secretary-General’s

Report ‘In Larger Freedom’, Assembly Hears Views of 83 Governments

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary

87^th & 88^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

43^rd Meeting (PM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDs INCREASED FINANCING FOR PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS

IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, CYPRUS, KOSOVO

Also Recommends Formation of Panel

To Propose Model for Redesigning UN Justice System

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary

85^th & 86^th Meetings (AM & PM)

DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE DELEGATION Concludes visit TO BERMUDA

 

NEW YORK, 4 April (Department of Political Affairs) -- A delegation from the Special Committee on decolonization led by Julian R. Hunte of Saint Lucia, ended its four-day visit to Bermuda on 31 March 2005.  The invitation was extended by the United Kingdom, as the administering Power, on the request of the Bermuda Independence Commission, and supported by the Government of Bermuda.

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

42^nd Meeting (PM)

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE APPROVES RECOMMENDATIONS

 

AIMED AT ENHANCING, REVITALIZING WORK