COUNCIL OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENTS MEET IN VALLETTA, MALTA, DISCUSSES

CONTRIBUTIONS TO UN REFORM, ASSEMBLY REVITALIZATION

Special Committee on

 Decolonization

1^st Meeting (AM)

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION ELECTS ROBERT GUBA AISI

OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA AS CHAIRMAN

In Remarks to Committee, Secretary-General Welcomes

Consultations with Administering Powers, Describes Colonialism as ‘Anachronism’

Fifty-eighth General Assembly                              

WORKING GROUP ON DISABILITY CONVENTION TO MEET AT UN HEADQUARTERS, 5-16 JANUARY

The Working Group established to draft a text of an international convention on the rights of persons with disabilities will meet from 5 to 16 January at United Nations Headquarters, Conference Room 4.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

HIGHLIGHTS

REFORM, REVITALIZATION OF UNITED NATIONS TO FACE NEW GLOBAL THREATS STRESSED

DURING 58^TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY, MEETING IN WAKE OF SOBERING WORLD EVENTS

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

30^th Meeting (PM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES $3.16 BILLION 2004-2005 BUDGET,

AS IT CONCLUDES MAIN PART OF FIFTY-EIGHTH SESSION

Acting on all outstanding issues, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this afternoonapproved a 2004-2005 United Nations budget of some $3.16 billion gross and concluded its work for the main part of its fifty-eighth session.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

79^th Meeting (Night)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS $3.16 BILLION 2004-2005 BUDGET, AS IT CONCLUDES

MAIN PART OF FIFTY-EIGHTH SESSION

Assembly President Describes ‘Extraordinary’ Session

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

78^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY UNDERSCORES NEED FOR SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF DOHA

DEVELOPMENT AGENDA AS IT ACTS ON SECOND COMMITTEE TEXTS

Taking up Reports from Committee’s Session,

Delegates Adopt 37 Draft Resolutions, 7 Draft Decisions

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

77^th Meeting (PM)

HUMAN RIGHTS AND TERRORISM, ACCESS TO MEDICATION, RIGHTS TO FOOD, HEALTH AMONG ISSUES

ADDRESSED, AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS 70 THIRD COMMITTEE TEXTS

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

76^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION AIMED AT IMPROVING WORKING METHODS,

SHARPENING FOCUS OF DECISIONS, REDUCING WORKLOAD

President Says Organ Can Now Set Up Viable

Framework for Continuing Revitalization Process