Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

65^th Meeting (PM)

general assembly defers decision on human cloning, adopts 24 resolutions

on wide range of legal, other matters

Among Other Issues, Adopted Texts Concern Andean Zone of Peace,

Assistance to Palestinians, Fair Globalization, International Criminal Court

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

64^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES DEBATE ON PALESTINE, MIDDLE EAST

WITH ADOPTION OF SIX RESOLUTIONS

 

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

62^nd & 63^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

SPEAKERS IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY URGE ISRAEL, PALESTINIANS TO SEIZE NEW HOPE PRESENTED

BY JANUARY 2005 ELECTIONS FOR WIDER MIDDLE EAST PEACE

 

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

61^st Meeting (PM)

QUARTET’S ROAD MAP STILL BEST WAY TO ACHIEVE LASTING PEACE

 

IN MIDDLE EAST, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD

 

GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL SUB-ITEM ON ASSISTANCE

TO POORMOUNTAIN COUNTRIES ON CURRENT GENERAL ASSEMBLY AGENDA

 

The General Committee this morning recommended that an additional sub-item on providing development assistance to poor mountain countries be included on the General Assembly’s current agenda, under agenda item 85 on sustainable development, and that it be allocated to the Second Committee (Economic and Financial).

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

60^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY URGES STATES TO FURTHER INTEGRATE PUBLIC HEALTH INTO NATIONAL

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES, AS IT CONCLUDES DEBATE ON MILLENNIUM SUMMIT REVIEW

Also Hears Introduction of Draft Resolution,

Speakers on Occupied Territories of Azerbaijan

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

58^th & 59^th Meetings (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY discusses PREPARATIONS FOR 2005 high-level

review of MILLENNIUM SUMMIT, major un conferences

Also Adopts Resolution Commemorating Sixtieth Anniversary of End of

Second World War, Declares 8, 9 May ‘Days of Remembrance, Reconciliation’

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

57^th (resumed) Meeting (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, IN RESUMED MEETING, ELECTS 14 JUDGES TO INTERNATIONAL

CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

 

The General Assembly today, following seven rounds of voting over two days, elected 14 judges to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), for four-year terms beginning on 17 November 2005.

Communique by council of presidents of General Assembly

 

Following is the text of a communiqué issued today by the Council of Presidents of the General Assembly:

The Council of Presidents of the General Assembly of the United Nations held its annual meeting at UN Headquarters from 16 to 18 November 2004.

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

57^th Meeting (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY SUSPENDS ELECTION OF JUDGES FOR YUGOSLAV TRIBUNAL,

 

FOLLOWING FOUR INCONCLUSIVE ROUNDS OF VOTING

After four inconclusive rounds of voting today, the General Assembly decided to continue the process to elect judges for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) at 10 a.m. tomorrow, 19 November.