Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee (Resumed)

39^th Meeting (AM)

NEED FOR INCENTIVES FOR TIMELY PAYMENT OF BUDGETARY CONTRIBUTIONS STRESSED,

AS FIFTH COMMITTEE BEGINS FIRST RESUMED SESSSION

Also Considers Sexual Exploitation of Refugees,

Special Committee on

Decolonization

1^st Meeting (AM) 

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR REINVIGORATION OF DECOLONIZATION PROCESS,

AS SPECIAL COMMITTEE OPENS 2003 SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS

Newly-Elected Chair Says States Administering

Final 16 Territories Should See Committee as Partner, Not Adversary

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

80^th Meeting (Resumed) (AM & PM)

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

80^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS FOR RWANDA TRIBUNAL JUDGES INVALIDATED

AFTER THREE BALLOTS; NEW ELECTION TO BE HELD 31 JANUARY

Also, New Member Appointed to Advisory

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

HIGHLIGHTS

NEED FOR MULTILATERALISM, ELIMINATION OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

STRESSED DURING CURRENT GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION

Strengthening of United Nations, Poverty Eradication, Sustainable

Development in Face of Globalization, Fight against HIV/AIDS Also Highlighted

As the international community commemorated the tragic events of

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

79^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES MAIN PART OF FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION;

ADOPTS RESOLUTION PROVIDING SUPPORT, DIRECTION FOR UN REFORM

Text ‘Significant Achievement’, Says Assembly President;

Cooperation with OSCE, HIV-AIDS Follow-up among Other Issues Addressed

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

78th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CALLS ON ISRAEL NOT TO EXPLOIT NATURAL RESOURCES

IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES AS IT ADOPTS SECOND COMMITTEE TEXTS

Also Adopts Headquarters Renovation Plan, with $1.05 Billion Budget,

October 2004 Start Date, One of 48 Texts Recommended by Fifth Committee

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Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

77^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS 75 RESOLUTIONS ON SOCIAL, HUMANITARIAN ISSUES, INCLUDING

OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE

Action also taken on Human Rights, Refugees, Women’s Issues, Crime Prevention, Drug Control, Other Social Issues

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

38^th Meeting (PM)

APPROVING SEVERAL DRAFT RESOLUTIONS, DECISIONS, FIFTH COMMITTEE COMPLETES

ITS WORK FOR MAIN PART OF FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION