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

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

45^th Meeting (AM)*

Third Committee approves draft resolution on human rights in Iran,

follow-up to Social Development Summit

 

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Sixth Committee

26^th Meeting (AM)

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

35^th Meeting (AM)

delegates stress need for increased funding to help close digital divide

as second committee concludes debate on ict for development

Eight Draft Resolutions Introduced on WideRange of Agenda Items

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

56^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, CONCERNED ABOUT WORLD’S MARINE ECOSYSTEMS,

 

ADOPTS TEXTS ON LAW OF SEA, SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES

The observation of the tenth anniversary of the landmark United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea was capped by the adoption of two resolutions today, following a day and half-long debate in the General Assembly.

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

44^th Meeting (AM)

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

33^rd & 34^th Meetings (AM & PM)

text approved by second committee recommends assistance to protect caribbean sea

 

from pollution by oil, chemicals, radioactive materials, nuclear waste

Delegates Conclude Discussion

On Eradication of Poverty, Take up Two Other Items