GOALS IS TO IDENTIFY STEPS NEEDED TO ADVANCE DECOLONIZATION PROCESS,

CARIBBEAN REGIONAL SEMINAR TOLD AT OPENING SESSION

(Received from a UN Information Officer)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

52^nd Meeting (AM)

FINANCING FOR SIERRA LEONE COURT, SOMALIA POLITICAL OFFICE

AMONG ISSUES TAKEN UP IN BUDGET COMMITTEE

special committee on decolonization to hold caribbean regional seminar,

 

17 – 19 may in saint vincent and grenadines

The Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, also known as the Special Committee of 24 on decolonization, will hold a Caribbean regional seminar on Canouan Island, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, from 17 to 19 May 2005.

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

51^st Meeting (AM)

CONTROLLER DESCRIBES IMPROVEMENTS IN UNITED NATIONS FINANCIAL HEALTH,

BUT SAYS SITUATION ‘REMAINS FRAGILE’, IN BUDGET COMMITTEE BRIEFING

Presents ‘Mixed’ Picture of Finances, with Focus on Assessments

Authorized, Unpaid Assessments, Cash Available, Debts to Member States

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONFIRMS SUPACHAI PANITCHPAKDI OF THAILAND

 

AS UNCTAD SECRETARY-GENERAL

The General Assembly this afternoon confirmed Supachai Panitchpakdi of Thailand as Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

50^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE TAKES UP FINANCING FOR HAITI, DEMOCRATIC

REPUBLIC OF CONGO PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS

 

AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETS TO COMMEMORATE END OF SECOND WORLD WAR, SPEAKERS

REAFFIRM COMMITMENT TO PEACE, STRENGTHENING OF UNITED NATIONS

Importance of Dialogue, Tolerance, Rejection of War

Stressed Along with Determination ‘Never to Forget’

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

49^th Meeting (AM)

IN FIFTH COMMITTEE, AFRICAN GROUP SUPPORTS PROPOSED BUDGETS

FOR UN OPERATIONS IN BURUNDI, CÔTE D’IVOIRE

 

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary

95^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONFIRMS APPOINTMENTS OF UNDP ADMINISTRATOR,

HEAD OF INTERNAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES

 

The General Assembly this morning confirmed the appointments of Kemal Derviş of Turkey as the new Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Inga-Britt Ahlenius (Sweden) as Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services.

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

48^th Meeting (AM)

NEED FOR STRENGTHENED MANAGEMENT OF GROWING PEACEKEEPING BUDGET

STRESSED BY SPEAKERS IN FIFTH COMMITTEE