General Assembly: Press Release

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

75^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CALLS ON ALL STATES TO ENSURE SAFETY,

SECURITY OF UN, OTHER HUMANITARIAN WORKERS

Adopts 15 Texts on Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance;

Assistance to Palestinians; Situations in Comoros, Djibouti, Somalia, Timor-Leste

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

40^th Meeting (AM)

SECOND COMMITTEE, CONCLUDING SESSION, APPROVES TEXT URGING GREATER

EFFORTS FOR CONCLUSION OF DOHA TRADE NEGOTIATIONS

Delegates Also Approve Drafts on External Debt,

Small Island States, Financing for Development, Biodiversity

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

28^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE ASSESSES BUDGET IMPLICATIONS OF 11 DRAFT RESOLUTIONS,

ADDRESSING SUCH ITEMS AS SMALL ARMS CONFERENCE, GUATEMALA MISSION

Also Considers Revised Estimates on Counter-Terrorism Committee

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

39^th Meeting (PM)

SECOND COMMITTEE DEFERS ACTION ON DRAFTS OVER TRANSLATION HITCH

The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) adjourned its meeting this afternoon before acting on any draft resolutions, after the representatives of France and the Russian Federation objected that the texts had not been translated into all six official United Nations languages.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

38^th Meeting (PM)

SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION STRESSING NEED

FOR SPEEDY RESUMPTION, CONCLUSION OF DOHA WORK PROGRAMME

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

37^th Meeting (PM)

SECOND COMMITTEE URGES CREATION OF GENDER-SENSITIVE LEGAL

ENVIRONMENT AS IT APPROVES TEXT ON WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

27^th Meeting (AM)

PAY AND BENEFITS SYSTEM, CONTRACTS, HAZARD PAY AMONG ISSUES

ADDRESSED IN TEXT APPROVED BY BUDGET COMMITTEE

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

26^th Meeting (AM)

INSTITUTE FOR DISARMAMENT RESEARCH, LOGISTICS BASE AT BRINDISI

AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED, AS BUDGET COMMITTEE ADOPTS SEVEN TEXTS

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

73^rd Meeting (AM & PM)

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS HONOURED AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

MARKS FIFTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF UNIVERSAL DECLARATION

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

36^th Meeting (PM)

SECOND COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS PROCLAMATION OF INTERNATIONAL DECADE

ON ‘WATER FOR LIFE’, 2005-2015

Texts Also Approved on Palestinian Sovereignty over Natural

Resources, Coercive Economic Measures, UN-HABITAT, UNEP, Science for Development