Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

28^th & 29^th Meetings (AM & PM)

IN THIRD COMMITTEE, HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS URGE STRONGER ACTION

BY INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO COUNTER VIOLATIONS

Draft Resolution Approved on UN Literary Decade,

Honour Crimes, UN African Institute for Crime Prevention

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

15^th Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE BEGINS NEW REVIEW OF ISSUES ON SUCCESSION OF STATES,

RESPONSIBILITY FOR INTERNALLY WRONGFUL ACTS

 

Work of International Law Commission Noted; Differing Views

Expressed on Future Form of Draft Articles, in Convention or by Assembly Action

(Issued on 29 October 2004)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

First Committee

19^th Meeting (PM)

TOTAL ELIMINATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS’ AIM OF DRAFT TEXT

APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

Nine More Resolutions Recommended to General Assembly

(Issued on 29 October 2004.)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

15^th & 16^th Meetings (AM & PM)

UN FINANCIAL SITUATION, HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT REFORM

FOCUS OF DEBATE IN BUDGET COMMITTEE

(Issued on 29 October 2004.)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

45^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, IN TWO ROUNDS OF VOTING, ELECTS 16 MEMBERS OF ECONOMIC

AND SOCIAL COUNCIL FOR TERM BEGINNING 1 JANUARY 2005

In two rounds of voting, the General Assembly this afternoon elected 16 new members to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for terms beginning on 1 January 2005.

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

44^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, FOR THIRTEENTH STRAIGHT YEAR, ADOPTS RESOLUTION

ON ENDING UNITED STATES EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA

 

For the thirteenth straight year, the General Assembly today overwhelmingly adopted a resolution on the perennial necessity of ending the four-decade-old economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States against Cuba.

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

17^th Meeting (AM)

developed countries urged to play a larger role in providing troops,

as fourth committee continues debate on peacekeeping operations

Delegates Also Address Security of Peacekeepers, Gender Perspective, Training

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

26^th & 27^th Meetings (AM & PM)

NEED TO PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS WHILE FIGHTING TERRORISM STRESSED, AS THIRD COMMITTEE

HEARS REPORTS ON TORTURE, EXECUTION, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, RIGHT TO FOOD

No Executive, Legislative, Judicial Measure Authorizing Torture,

Cruel Treatment Could Be Considered Lawful under International Law, Expert Says

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

18^th Meeting (AM)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

First Committee

18^th Meeting (PM)

securityassurancesfornon-nuclear-weaponstates, middle east nuclear proliferation

 

among issues, as first committee approves 21 draft texts

 

Outer Space Arms Race, Disarmament and Development,

Chemical Weapons Convention, Regional Disarmament Also Addressed

(Issued on 28 October.)