Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

114^th Meeting (PM)

TIME RIPE TO REDRESS HISTORICAL INJUSTICE BY ACCORDING AFRICA PERMANENT

 

REPRESENTATION ON SECURITY COUNCIL, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD

 

African Proposal Also Seeks Same Privileges as Current Permanent Members

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary

113^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ENDORSES MAURITIUS DECLARATION,

STRATEGYFORSMALLISLAND DEVELOPING STATES

 

Also Adopts Texts on Human Rights Education, Cooperation

With Central African States, Assembly Participation despite Arrears

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary

112^th Meeting (PM)

Twenty-eight more speakers state their positions in General Assembly debate

On new draft proposal for UN Security Council reform

 

United States, United Kingdom, Russian Federation,

Germany and India among Speakers, As Two-Day Discussion Ends

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

56^th Meeting* (AM)

THIRD COMMITTEE ELECTS REMAINING MEMBERS OF BUREAU FOR 60^TH SESSION

The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) this morning concluded its deliberations for the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly with the election of the remaining members of its bureau for the sixtieth session.

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary

111^th Meeting* (PM)

General Assembly opens debate on ‘group of four’-sponsored draft resolution

 

on Security Council reform

21 Speakers Weigh in on Council Enlargement, Veto Power

And Equitable Geographical Representation, as Competing Proposals Are Cited

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary

108^th & 109^th Meetings (AM & PM)

WORLD COMMUNITY MUST HONOUR -- EVEN GO BEYOND -– COMMITMENTS ON TRADE, DEBT,

FINANCE TO ACHIEVE ANTI-POVERTY GOALS, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD

Progress Implementing 2002 Monterrey Agreement Assessed by More Than

80 Speakers, Six Round-Tables Discussions in Two-Day High-Level Dialogue

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary

106^th & 107^th Meetings (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY BEGINS TWO-DAY HIGH-LEVEL DIALOGUE TO ASSESS PROGRESS

IMPLEMENTING 2002 MONTERREY AGREEMENT ON DEVELOPMENT FINANCE

In Opening Address, Secretary-General Says World Community

On Threshold of Breakthrough in Pursuit of Development, Human Dignity

Special Committee on

 Decolonization

11^th Meeting (AM)

CONCLUDING 2005 SESSION, SPECIAL COMMITTEE ADOPTS TEXTS TO ADVANCE DECOLONIZATION

IN REMAINING TERRITORIES, LAUDS TOKELAU’S PROGRESS TOWARDS SELF-DETERMINATION

GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO HOLD HIGH-LEVEL TALKS ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT, 27-28 JUNE

Next week’s United Nations General Assembly meeting on follow-up to the historic development summit that took place in Monterrey, Mexico, in 2002, is expected to add momentum to international action on aid, trade and debt relief.

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Informal Interactive Hearings

 ‘TOGETHER, WE CAN MAKE POVERTY HISTORY’, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS CLOSING

SESSION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY HEARINGS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY

Also Stressing Importance of UN Partnership with Civil Society, Assembly

President Calls Meetings ‘A Milestone’ in Relationship between States, NGOs