Ad Hoc Committee for Voluntary

Contributions to UNRWA

AM Meeting

NINETEEN DONOR COUNTRIES PLEDGE $72 MILLION FOR ACTIVITIES OF UNRWA IN 2004

Nineteen donor countries pledged $72 million for the 2004 budget of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) at this morning’s meeting of the General Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee for Voluntary Contributions.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

68^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS TEXTS ON PALESTINE, MIDDLE EAST, INTERNATIONAL YEAR

OF FAMILY, GLOBAL THREATS, CULTURAL PROPERTY

Also Appoints Seven Members to Committee on Conferences

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

66^th & 67^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

65^th Meeting (PM)

SPEAKERS IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY REAFFIRM SUPPORT FOR MIDDLE EAST ROAD MAP, REGRET

LACK OF PROGRESS IN ITS IMPLEMENTATION

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

63^rd & 64^th Meetings (AM & PM)

ENSURING SAFETY OF NAVIGATION, PROTECTING MARINE ECOSYSTEMS FOCUS

OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE ON OCEANS, LAW OF SEA

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

62^nd Meeting* (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS MEMBERS TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW COMMISSION,

COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMME AND COORDINATION

Also Adopts Text on UN Support for New Restored Democracies

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

60^th Meeting (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, IN FOUR ROUNDS OF VOTING, ELECTS 18 MEMBERS

OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

59^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS TEXTS TO REINFORCE ‘CULTURE OF PEACE’

IN CONFLICT-RIDDEN WORLD

Also Elects 29 Countries to UNEP Governing

Council for Four-Year Terms Beginning 1 January 2004

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

58^th Meeting (AM)

AFRICAN COUNTRIES CALL FOR CONTINUED ASSISTANCE TO DEAL WITH LANDMINES,

AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES MINE ACTION DISCUSSION

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

General Committee

4^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS DEFERRAL OF QUESTION OF COMORIAN ISLAND

OF MAYOTTE TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S FIFTY-NINTH SESSION