Fifty-eighth General Assembly

General Committee

1^st & 2^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

1^st Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT OPENS ‘ACTION-ORIENTED’ FIFTY-EIGHTH SESSION,

URGING DELEGATIONS TO WORK TOGETHER QUICKLY, DECISIVELY

Biographical Note

ENRIQUE LOEDEL OF URUGUAY FOURTH COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN

Enrique Loedel, Minister Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Uruguay to the United Nations, was elected Chairman of the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) on 6 June this year.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

94^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CLOSES 57^TH SESSION; UNANIMOUSLY

CONDEMNS ATTACK ON UN OFFICE IN BAGHDAD

Outgoing Assembly President Calls

For ‘Far More Decisive’ Role for UN in Guiding World’s Affairs

Meeting on Role of Civil Society

in Conflict Prevention

AM Meeting

MEETING ON ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN CONFLICT PREVENTION HEARS CALLS

FOR COORDINATION, PARTNERSHIP AMONG GOVERNMENTS, NGOS, UN BODIES

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

93^rd Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BY CONSENSUS, ADOPTS ‘LANDMARK’ RESOLUTION

ON PREVENTION OF ARMED CONFLICT

Roles of States, UN Bodies, Other Stakeholders Defined;

Assembly Extends Mandate of Working Group on Security Council Enlargement

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

92^nd Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS 18 AD LITEM JUDGES FOR RWANDA TRIBUNAL,

TO EXPEDITE COMPLETION OF TRIALS

The General Assembly this afternoon elected 18 ad litem judges for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

Special Committee on

Decolonization

10^th Meeting (AM)

DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE CONCLUDES 2003 SESSION, ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS

ON TERRITORIAL SELF-DETERMINATION, ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES

Situations in Tokelau, Pitcairn Discussed

The Special Committee on Decolonization this morning concluded its 2003 session with the adoption of its report and three resolutions.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

91^st Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS STEPS TO STRENGTHEN IMPLEMENTATION

OF MAJOR SUMMIT DEVELOPMENT GOALS

GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE VOICES SUPPORT FOR CONVENTION

ON RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

A vast majority of speakers expressed support for drafting a convention on the rights of persons with disabilities during the session of the General Assembly committee established to consider such a convention, which opened on 16 June at United Nations Headquarters.