Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

53^rd & 54^th Meetings (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS TOLD OF GROWING IMPORTANCE OF COOPERATION

BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS AND WIDE RANGE OF OUTSIDE BODIES

Delegates Laud Unity of Approach on Promotion of Peace, Economic

Growth, Poverty Reduction, Sustainable Development, Fight against Terrorism

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

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52^nd Meeting (AM)

ENDORSING UNCITRAL REPORT, GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMENDS CONCILIATION IN TRADE

RELATIONS, STRONGER ENFORCEMENT OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS

Also, Decisions on Cloning, World Criminal Court:  Texts among 21 Adopted

From Legal Committee; Plans Confirmed to Mark Law of Sea Convention Anniversary

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Open-ended Panels

AFGHANISTAN PANEL PINPOINTS NATIONWIDE SECURITY, INSTITUTION-BUILDING, RECONSTRUCTION,

ECONOMIC REVIVAL, OUTSIDE INTERFERENCE AS PERSISTENT AREAS OF CONCERN

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

51^st Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, REVIEWING GLOBAL MINE-CLEARANCE EFFORTS, IS TOLD

LINGERING PROBLEM DESTROYS RESOURCES, HAMPERS DEVELOPMENT

Grave Human Toll Continues from Years-old Weapons: ‘Assassins in Hiding’,

Says Lebanon, Among Delegates of 20 Countries Urging Continued Removal Action

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

50^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY WELCOMES DECLARATION OF SOUTH AMERICA AS

ZONE OF PEACE AND COOPERATION

Support Also Expressed for Continuation of United Nations

Guatemala Mission as Assembly Considers Situation in Central America

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

49^th Meeting (PM)

DELEGATES SAY MOBILIZATION OF TRANSBOUNDARY, TRANSNATIONAL CAPACITIES

CRUCIAL IN WAR AGAINST HIV/AIDS

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

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48^th Meeting (AM)

ASSEMBLY, ACTING ON TEXT TO END UNITED STATES EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA,

URGES STATES TO REPEAL LAWS WITH ‘EXTRATERRITORIAL’ EFFECTS

Delegates Note Durability of Issue, Majority Supporting

Adoption of Comparable Resolution for Eleventh Year in a Row

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

46^th and 47^th Meetings (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, ENDORSING WORK OF IAEA, ASKS IRAQ TO COOPERATE WITH AGENCY’S

REVIEW OF WHETHER NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES HAVE CHANGED SINCE 1998

In Other Action, Further Progress Sought in Bosnia and Herzegovina;

Panel Meetings Set on Afghanistan; Debate Begins on Central America

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

44^th and 45^th Meetings (AM & PM)

ASSEMBLY IS TOLD LACK OF RESOURCES, HIGH COST OF MEDICINES, CONTINUING

STIGMA REMAIN OBSTACLES IN GLOBAL FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS

Day-Long Review of United Nations Efforts; Debate is Concluded

On Role of Information, Communication Technologies in Development

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

43^rd Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY INVITES STATES TO EXPAND ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE CULTURE

OF PEACE AND TO OBSERVE ANNUAL DAY ON 21 SEPTEMBER

Also Takes Action on African Development; Discusses Decade to Roll

Back Malaria; Elects Members to Committee on Programme and Coordination