Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

38^th & 39^th Meetings (AM & PM)

General Assembly acts to strengthen United Nations cooperation

with four regional, related organizations

 

Aim Is to Take Advantage of Global Alliances, Partnerships

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

36^th & 37^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Sixty-first General Assembly

General Committee

3^rd Meeting (PM)

GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS INCLUSION OF TWO MORE ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION

BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT CURRENT SESSION

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

34^th & 35^th Meetings (AM & PM)

VENEZUELA TRAILS GUATEMALA IN QUEST FOR TWO-YEAR SEAT ON SECURITY COUNCIL;

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

32^nd & 33^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS BELGIUM, INDONESIA, ITALY, SOUTH AFRICA

AS NON-PERMANENT MEMBERS OF SECURITY COUNCIL

 

Latin American and Caribbean Vacancy not Filled;

Secretary-General Praises Ban as ‘Exceptionally Attuned’ to All Countries, Peoples

The General Assembly today appointed Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon of the Republic of Korea as the next United Nations Secretary-General, giving him a two-and-one-half-month transition before taking over the helm of the world body from Kofi Annan on 1 January.
 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

30^th Meeting (AM)

NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT SPURS SUSTAINABLE GAINS ON CONTINENT,

GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD, AS IT CONCLUDES DEBATE ON AFRICAN STRATEGY, CONCERNS

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

28^th & 29^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

26^th & 27^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

24^th & 25^th Meetings (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKERS SEE PROGRESS IN 2005 WORLD SUMMIT AGENDA,

BUT HIGHLIGHT SERIOUS SHORTCOMINGS, FURTHER EFFORTS NEEDED