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

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary

105^th Meeting (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY BEGINS TWO-DAY DIALOGUE WITH CIVIL SOCIETY,

WITH FOCUS ON UN REFORM PROPOSALS, 2005 WORLD SUMMMIT

Opening First-Ever Meeting, Deputy Secretary-General Says World

Can Tackle Threats Collectively, or Risk Increased Disorder, Inequality

Background Release

ON 23 – 24 JUNE, CIVIL SOCIETY TO PRESENT VIEWS TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

ON POVERTY, SECURITY, RIGHTS ISSUES FOR 2005 WORLD SUMMIT

 

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary

104^th Meeting (AM)*

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS $3.2 BILLION 2005-2006 PEACEKEEPING BUDGET;

STRESSES NEED FOR STRONGER MANAGEMENT DURING SURGE IN OPERATIONS

Other Texts Address Elimination of Sexual

Exploitation on Peacekeeping Operations, UN Language Parity

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

102^nd Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS JAN ELIASSON OF SWEDEN AS PRESIDENT OF SIXTIETH SESSION,

ALSO DECIDES ON OFFICERS FOR MAIN COMMITTEES

The General Assembly this morning elected, by acclamation, Jan Eliasson of Sweden as the President of its sixtieth session, which is scheduled to open in September.

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

101^st Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPOINTS CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE MEMBER

 

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

99^th & 100^th Meetings (AM & PM)

PROGRESS ‘SIGNIFICANT BUT INSUFFICIENT’, GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON HIV/AIDS TOLD

Achievements Noted in Political Leadership, Funding, Prevention,

But 2004 Saw More New Infections, AIDS-Related Deaths than Ever Before

GENERAL ASSEMBLY HIGH-LEVEL COMMITTEE ON SOUTH-SOUTH

 

COOPERATION TO MEET, 31 MAY – 3 JUNE

 

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary

98^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS ANTÓNIO MANUEL DE OLIVEIRA GUTERRES OF PORTUGAL

AS NEW HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES

 

Also Adopts Resolution on High-Level Dialogue

On Financing for Development to Be Held 27 - 28 June

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONFIRMS SUPACHAI PANITCHPAKDI OF THAILAND

 

AS UNCTAD SECRETARY-GENERAL

The General Assembly this afternoon confirmed Supachai Panitchpakdi of Thailand as Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).