Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

58^th & 59^th Meetings (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY discusses PREPARATIONS FOR 2005 high-level

review of MILLENNIUM SUMMIT, major un conferences

Also Adopts Resolution Commemorating Sixtieth Anniversary of End of

Second World War, Declares 8, 9 May ‘Days of Remembrance, Reconciliation’

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

48^th & 49^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Seven Draft Resolutions On Human Rights, Advancement of Women

Approved By Third Committee

 

Topics Include Right to Food, Human

Trafficking, Globalization, Coercive Measures, Mercenaries

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

48^th & 49^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Seven Draft Resolutions On Human Rights, Advancement of Women

Approved By Third Committee

 

Topics Include Right to Food, Human

Trafficking, Globalization, Coercive Measures, Mercenaries

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

27^th Meeting (PM)

Legal Committee Text Calls for Further Discussions

 

on Human Cloning Aimed at ‘Declaration’

 

Recommends Establishment of Working Group to Convene in February;

Also Approves Text on International Criminal Court, as Session Concludes

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

25^th Meeting (AM)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

57^th (resumed) Meeting (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, IN RESUMED MEETING, ELECTS 14 JUDGES TO INTERNATIONAL

CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

 

The General Assembly today, following seven rounds of voting over two days, elected 14 judges to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), for four-year terms beginning on 17 November 2005.

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

46^th & 47^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Third Committee Approves 16 Draft Resolutions On Human Rights, Racism,

Refugee Issues, Including Text on Human Rights in Turkmenistan

 

Decides to Take No Action on Belarus Draft

Communique by council of presidents of General Assembly

 

Following is the text of a communiqué issued today by the Council of Presidents of the General Assembly:

The Council of Presidents of the General Assembly of the United Nations held its annual meeting at UN Headquarters from 16 to 18 November 2004.

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

57^th Meeting (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY SUSPENDS ELECTION OF JUDGES FOR YUGOSLAV TRIBUNAL,

 

FOLLOWING FOUR INCONCLUSIVE ROUNDS OF VOTING

After four inconclusive rounds of voting today, the General Assembly decided to continue the process to elect judges for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) at 10 a.m. tomorrow, 19 November.

fourth committee accepts request to postpone action on draft resolutions relating

 

to Palestine refugee agency, Israeli Practices in occupied arabterritories