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General Assembly

15 December 2004

GA/10319

GENERAL ASSEMBLY REAFFIRMS STRONG SUPPORT FOR GLOBAL CERTIFICATION SCHEME TO DISRUPT DIAMOND SMUGGLING

15/12/2004

Press Release
GA/10319

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

72^nd Meeting (PM)

General Assembly Reaffirms Strong Support for Global Certification Scheme

to Disrupt Diamond Smuggling

Other Resolutions Adopted Today Concern UN Humanitarian Aid,

Southern African Development Community, Promotion of Tolerance, Culture of Peace

14 December 2004

GA/EF/3103

SECOND COMMITTEE PASSES TEXT RECOMMENDING INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL, REGIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS

14/12/2004

Press Release
GA/EF/3103

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

39^th Meeting (PM)

second committee passes text recommending international support

for national, regional anti-corruption efforts

Acting without Vote, Delegates Approve Seven Other Draft Resolutions

14 December 2004

GA/AB/3655

BUDGET COMMITTEE APPROVES 2004-2005 FINANCING FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA, RWANDA TRIBUNALS

14/12/2004

Press Release
GA/AB/3655

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

30^th Meeting (AM)

budget committee approves 2004-2005 financing

for former yugoslavia, rwanda tribunals

13 December 2004

GA/AB/3654

FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP 2006-2007 BUDGET OUTLINE; WOMEN’S INSTITUTE, SIERRA LEONE COURT FINANCING

13/12/2004

Press Release
GA/AB/3654

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

29^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP 2006-2007 BUDGET OUTLINE;

WOMEN’S INSTITUTE, SIERRA LEONE COURT FINANCING

10 December 2004

GA/10318

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS 24 RESOLUTIONS, FOUR DECISIONS AS IT TAKES ACTION ON REPORTS OF SPECIAL POLITICAL, DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE

10/12/2004

Press Release
GA/10318

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

71^st Meeting (PM)

General Assembly adopts 24 resolutions, four decisions as it takes action

on reports of special political, decolonization committee

Delegates Also Adopt Texts on Assistance

To Rwanda Genocide Survivors, Cooperation with Regional Organizations

10 December 2004

GA/10317

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROCLAIMS WORLD PROGRAMME FOR HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION, STRESSING ITS IMPORTANCE TO REALIZATION OF ALL FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS

10/12/2004

Press Release
GA/10317

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

70^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROCLAIMS WORLD PROGRAMME FOR HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION,

STRESSING ITS IMPORTANCE TO REALIZATION OF ALL FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS

Assembly President Jean Ping (Gabon) Says Effective Human Rights

Education Remains Best Prerequisite for Achievement of Peaceful World

8 December 2004

GA/10316

GENERAL ASSEMBLY UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION CALLING FOR RECOGNITION OF URGENT NEED TO TACKLE CHALLENGES STILL FACING AFGHANISTAN

8/12/2004

Press Release
GA/10316

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

69^th Meeting (PM)

8 December 2004

GA/10314

SECRETARY-GENERAL UNDERSCORES URGENCY OF IMPLEMENTING REFORM AS HE INTRODUCES HIGH-LEVEL PANEL’S REPORT TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

8/12/2004

Press Release
GA/10314

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

68^th Meeting (AM)

Secretary-General underscores urgency of implementing reform as he

introduces high-level panel’s report to General Assembly

Dealing Effectively With Global Challenges Means

Getting Serious About Preventing Modern-Day Threats, He Says

7 December 2004

GA/EF/3102

TEXT APPROVED IN SECOND COMMITTEE STRESSES DEBT RELIEF ROLE IN FREEING RESOURCES FOR POVERTY ERADICATION, ECONOMIC GROWTH, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

7/12/2004

Press Release
GA/EF/3102

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

38^th Meeting (PM)

text approved in second committee stresses debt relief role in freeing resources

for poverty eradication, economic growth, sustainable development

Draft Resolution on External Debt,

Six Others, Oral Decision Win Consensus Approval by Delegates

6 December 2004

GA/10312/Rev.1-PAL/2018/Rev.1

EIGHTEEN DONORS PLEDGE NEARLY $90 MILLION FOR UN PALESTINE REFUGEE AGENCY

06/12/2004

Press Release
GA/10312/Rev.1*
PAL/2018/Rev.1*

Ad Hoc Committee for Voluntary

Contributions to UNRWA

AM Meeting

EIGHTEEN DONORS PLEDGE NEARLY $90 MILLION FOR UN PALESTINE REFUGEE AGENCY

Eighteen donor countries pledged approximately $90 million for the 2005 budget of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), during this morning’s meeting of the General Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee for Voluntary Contributions.