Fifty-ninth General Assembly

HIGHLIGHTS

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

76^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATES $53.63 MILLION FOR STRENGTHENED,

UNIFIED UN SECURITY, AS IT CONCLUDES MAIN PART OF 59^TH SESSION

Acts on WideRange of Recommendations from Budget Committee;

Texts on Africa’s Development, Anti-Malaria Decade among Others Adopted

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

33^rd Meeting (PM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS $53.63 MILLION FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL’S PLAN

FOR STRENGTHENED UN SECURITY, AS IT CONCLUDES CURRENT SESSION

Additional RecommendationsAddressWideRange of Issues,

Including Human Resources Management, UN Oversight Bodies

(Issued on 23 December 2004.)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

75^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS 40 RESOLUTIONS, Five DECISIONS

 

ON WIDERANGE OF ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL ISSUES

 

Importance of Open, Transparent, Inclusive Trading System Emphasized;

Poverty, Corruption, Disaster Relief, Sustainable Development also Addressed

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

74^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS 61 RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS,

 

SOCIAL, HUMANITARIAN ISSUES

 

Approves Texts on Human Rights Situations

In Iran, Democratic Republic of Congo, Turkmenistan

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

41^st Meeting (PM)

DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY SECOND COMMITTEE STRESSES IMPORTANCE

OF OPEN, TRANSPARENT, INCLUSIVE MULTILATERAL TRADING SYTEM

 

DelegatesPass Text on International Trade

And Development by 152 Votes in Favour, 2 Against, 6 Abstentions

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

32^nd Meeting (AM)

General Assembly unanimously adopts resolution approving work plan

for commemoration of organization’s sixtieth anniversary

 

Measure Outlines Format, Organization of High-Level Millennium Review

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

40^th Meeting (PM)

SECOND COMMITTEE TEXT EMPHASIZES NEED FOR COMMODITY-DEPENDENT DEVELOPING

COUNTRIES TO ENCOURAGE DIVERSIFICATION, LIBERALIZE TRADE

 

Without Vote, Delegates Approve Six Other Drafts, Oral Decision

(Issued on 17 December 2004.)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

31^st Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT ON UN PENSION SYSTEM