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

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

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

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

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

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

69^th Meeting (PM)

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

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.

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

67^th Meeting (AM)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

66^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS 55 TEXTS RECOMMENDED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

ON A WIDE RANGE OF DISARMAMENT, SECURITY MATTERS

Also Approves $21.8 Million for Sudan Advance Team