Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

67^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS TOLD 2004 OLYMPIC GAMES IN ATHENS WILL EXEMPLIFY

ROLE OF CULTURAL HERITAGE IN SOCIAL, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Debate Marks End of United Nations Year; Importance of Objectives,

Need for Global Support, Practical Measures, Financial Assistance Stressed

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

General Committee

5^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL ITEM –-

‘INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF RICE, 2004’ –- ON ASSEMBLY AGENDA

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

29^th Meeting (PM)

DEMANDS FROM NEW MANDATES, UNFORESEEN EXPENDITURES, COSTING VARIATIONS

CONFRONT MEMBER STATES WITH STEEP INCREASES, COMMITTEE IS TOLD

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

66^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS SIX RESOLUTIONS AS IT CONCLUDES DEBATE

ON MIDDLE EAST SITUATION AND QUESTION OF PALESTINE

Speakers Call for Return to Peace

Negotiations and Israeli Withdrawal from Syrian Golan

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

64^th and 65th Meetings (AM&PM)*

SUPPORT EXPRESSED IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR EFFORTS

TO RESOLVE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT

Delegates also Note Need for Normal Relations Between Israel, Syria and Lebanon

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

63^rd Meeting (PM)

ASSEMBLY IS TOLD WORLD COMMUNITY MUST WORK HARDER FOR ISRAELI

WITHDRAWAL FROM TERRITORIES, CREATION OF PALESTINIAN STATE

Debate Begins on ‘Question of Palestine’; Israeli Delegate Says

End of Terrorism Must be Price of Political Process, Not Its Reward

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

39^th Meeting (AM)

APPROVING FOUR TEXTS, SECOND COMMITTEE CALLS FOR CONTINUING USE OF AID

FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN DEVELOPING AND TRANSITION COUNTRIES

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

28^th Meeting (PM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE ADOPTS 15 DRAFT TEXTS, FOCUSING ON ENHANCED

PROCUREMENT PRACTICES, NEW FINANCIAL REGULATIONS

Delegates Also Discuss Rental,

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

62^nd Meeting (AM)

STRENGTHENED, MORE EFFICIENT ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CITED,

AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY TAKES UP COUNCIL'S 2002 REPORT

The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) was strengthening its role and making its work more efficient, its President, Ivan Šimonović (Croatia), told the General Assembly this morning, as it discussed the Council’s report for 2002.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

60^th and 61^st Meetings (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS TEXT CALLING ON GOVERNMENTS TO OBSERVE

INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER DAY FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT