TIMELY, EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF WORLD SUMMIT OUTCOME WILL BE MOST VALUABLE

CONTRIBUTION TO REVITALIZING GENERAL ASSEMBLY, SAYS ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT

Following is the text of the statement by General Assembly President Jan Eliasson ( Sweden) at today’s morning meeting of the Assembly:

Sixtieth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

36^th Meeting (Night)

FIFTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS $3.79 BILLION 2006-2007 BUDGET;

PROVISION PLACES LIMIT ON FIRST-YEAR SPENDING AUTHORITY

Initial ‘Tranche’ of 2006 Expenditures Limited to $950 Million,

Sixtieth General Assembly

Plenary

69^th Meeting (AM, Night)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS 2006-2007 BUDGET OF $3.79 BILLION,

AS MAIN PART OF SIXTIETH SESSION CONCLUDES

Budget Provision Limits First-Year Spending as ‘Exceptional Measure’;

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE BEING RESTORED IN TSUNAMI-HIT AREAS

(Reissued as received.)

Sixtieth General Assembly

Plenary

68^th Meeting* (AM)

General Assembly calls for timely conclusion to negotiations on doha agenda,

as it adopts 38 texts recommended by its Second Committee

 

Success in World Trade Talks Could Help Raise Living Standards,

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY UN SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 21 DECEMBER 2005

The Secretary-General:  Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.  Let me start by wishing each and every one of you happy holidays, and a peaceful and prosperous New Year.

symbolic unity of ‘spirit of the east’ exhibit heartens Secretary-General

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the launch of the exhibition “The Spirit of the East:  Beauty of the Landscape” in New York on 19 December:

Security Council

5342^nd Meeting (PM)

Unanimously adopting resolution 1651 (2005), Security Council extends

 

mandate of expert monitoring panel concerning violations in darfur

In Presidential Statement, Council

Security Council

5341^st Meeting (PM)

Security Council extends mandate of un operation in burundi until 1 july 2006,

 

Unanimously adopting resolution 1650 (2005)

Welcomes Readiness of Secretary-General to Continue

Security Council

5340^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL TEXT DEMANDS THAT FOREIGN FIGHTERS IN DEMOCRATIC

REPUBLIC OF CONGO DISARM BY 15 JANUARY OR FACE SANCTIONS

Presidential Statement Commends Congolese People