Ad Hoc Committee on Assembly

 Resolution 51/210

33^rd Meeting (AM)

ACTION NEEDED ON TWO DRAFT CONVENTIONS THIS YEAR, AD HOC COMMITTEE

ON TERRORISM TOLD, AS IT BEGINS CURRENT SESSION

DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE SENDS A SPECIAL MISSION TO BERMUDA 28-31 MARCH 2005

 

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Algiers on Tuesday afternoon, 22 March, to attend the sixtieth Summit of the League of Arab States.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SECURITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION FOR SUDANMISSION,

 

TO ASSIST IMPLEMENTATION OF PEACE AGREEMENT

Following is United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement to the Security Council on adoption of a resolution on the Sudan, delivered by Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, in New York, 24 March:

SEXUAL ABUSE IN PEACEKEEPING REPORT ‘HARD AND UNVARNISHED LOOK’ AT SERIOUS

PROBLEM, REFORMS MUST BE QUICKLY IMPLEMENTED, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the statement of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Prince Zeid’s report, “A comprehensive strategy to eliminate future sexual exploitation and abuse in UN peacekeeping operations”, issued today in New York:

Security Council

5151^st Meeting (PM)*

SECURITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHES UN MISSION IN SUDAN FOR INITIAL PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1590 (2005)

 

Authorizes Mission, under Chapter VII of Charter, to Take Necessary

Action to Protect UN Personnel, Civilians under Imminent Threat of Violence

Security Council

5149^th Meeting (AM)

BRIEFING SECURITY COUNCIL ON MIDDLE EAST, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES

CONCERN OVER ISRAEL’S FAILURE TO FREEZE EXPANSION OF SETTLEMENTS

Also Reminds Council of Secretary-General’s Call for Action

By Palestinian Authority against Those Perpetrating Terror, Violence

Security Council

5148^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS UN MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN FOR ADDITIONAL 12 MONTHS,

 

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1589 (2005)

 

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

40^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE TAKES UP REVISED FINANCING

 

FOR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGOMISSION

 

UN WARNS ASIA-PACIFIC’S HIGH ECONOMIC GROWTH IS ENVIRONMENTLLY UNSUSTAINABLE

Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development

Seeks New Balance between Economic Growth and ‘Green Growth’

(Reissued as received.)