Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary Meeting

40^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY adopts seven texts aiming to enhance ORGANIZATION’S

cooperation with REGIONAL, OTHER ACTORS

 

Text on Cooperation with Preparatory Commission

For Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization Adopted by Vote of 104-1-0

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

14^th Meeting (PM)

fourth committee reaffirms department’s roleas focal point for United Nations

information as it approves text on policies, activities

 

Acting without Vote, DelegatesPass Two Other

Drafts at Conclusion of General Debate on Information Questions

(Issued on 22 October 2004.)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

20^th & 21^st Meetings (AM & PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ ISSUES,

CONCLUDES DISCUSSION OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS

 

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

11^th Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DIFFERING TEXTS ON ISSUE OF HUMAN CLONING

Some Delegates Favour Convention Imposing Total Ban;

Others Support Exception for Therapeutic and Scientific Research

(Issued on 22 October 2004.)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

First Committee

13^th Meeting (AM)

Mine ban convention, illicit trade in small arms, among ISSUES

in Disarmament Committee thematic debate

 

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

12^th Meeting (AM)

Progress made in strengthening UN financial base, but serious

 

problems remain, Budget Committee told

 

(Issued on 22 October 2004.)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

38^th & 39^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

13^th Meeting (PM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE SPEAKERS COMMEND REFORMS IN UN PUBLIC INFORMATION DEPARTMENT,

UNDERLINE IMPORTANCE OF INFORMATION CENTRES

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

19^th Meeting (PM)

SPEAKERS IN THIRD COMMITTEE CALL FOR INTENSIFIED EFFORTS TO PROTECT CHILDREN

AFFECTED BY ARMED CONFLICT, AS DISCUSSION OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS CONTINUES

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

9^th & 10^th Meetings (AM & PM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE CONCLUDES REVIEW OF MEASURES AGAINST GLOBAL

TERRORISM, CONSIDERS CONVENTION ON SAFETY OF UN PERSONNEL

In Both Cases, Delegates Seen Stronger Adherence

To Existing International Instruments, Propose Expansion of Protections

(Issued on 21 October 2004.)