Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

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

Speakers reaffirm millennium declaration’s call for women’s empowerment,

 

as third committee concludes discussion of advancement of women

Many Agree on Need for Women’s Access

To Resources, Opportunities for Progress in Poverty Eradication

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

13^th Meeting (AM)

Effective management of human settlements crucial in tackling

urban poverty, second committee told

 

Delegates Also Express Concern That

Funding for UN-HabitatFalls Far Short of Projected Needs

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

9^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS $5.4 MILLION FOR COMMISSION

implementing Cameroon-Nigeria border dispute decision

 

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

32^nd Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS ARGENTINA, DENMARK, GREECE, JAPAN, UNITED REPUBLIC

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

10^th Meeting (AM)

fourth committee postpones action on western sahara draft resolution,

 

Two other texts on decolonization questions

Committee Also Begins General Debate on Effects of Atomic Radiation

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

12^th & 13^th Meetings (AM & PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES 11 DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON CRIME PREVENTION,

INTERNATIONAL DRUG CONTROL, ROLE OF FAMILIES IN DEVELOPMENT

Also Continues Discussion on Advancement of Women, Hearing 43 Speakers

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

 

LEGAL COMMITTEE SPEAKERS LAUD START OF JUDICIAL FUNCTIONING

of international criminal court; growing adherence noted

 

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

12^th Meeting (PM)

ECONOMIC COMMITTEE TOLD OF PROGRESS BY UN-HABITAT IN EASING

problems of water supply, sanitation in slum areas

 

Agency Said to Need Increased Funds to Reach Millennium

Goals; Debate Concludes on Global Conference on Development Financing

(Issued on 15 October 2004.)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

First Committee

9^th Meeting (PM)

Disarmament committee concludes general debate

 

The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) this afternoon heard the final speaker in its general debate, which began on 4 October.

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

8^th Meeting (AM)

Pace, methods of General Assembly management reform debated in budget committee

(Issued on 15 October 2004.)