Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

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

Concluding Current Session, third committee decides to take no action

 

on human rights situations in sudan, zimbabwe

Approves Draft on Human Rights in Democratic Republic of Congo; Texts on Racism,

PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO MEET ON 29 NOVEMBER

 

TO MARK INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY

 

A solemn meeting of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People will be held on Monday, 29 November 2004, in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, as mandated by General Assembly resolution 32/40 B of 2 December 1977.

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

36^th Meeting (AM)

second committee approves draft resolution calling upon israel

 

not to exploit natural resources in occupied arabterritories

 

Acting Without Vote, Delegates Approve Six Other

Drafts, Including Texts on Natural Disaster, Protection of Global Climate

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

27^th Meeting (AM)

Mauritius Conference on Small Islands Aims to Boost

 

PacificIslands’ Lagging Performance

 

Early on Friday morning, 19 November, Secretary-General Kofi Annan left Nairobi for Tanzania’s commercial capital, Dar-es-Salaam, where he attended the International Conference on Peace, Security and Development in the Great Lakes Region.

SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS WOMEN AS MOST COURAGEOUS, CREATIVE CHAMPIONS

 

IN FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS, IN WORLD AIDS DAY MESSAGE

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World AIDS Day, observed on 1 December:

Secretary-General calls for incentives to persuade various iraqi groups

to participate in national reconciliation process

 

International Community Must Unite

Around Mission of Supporting Political Transition, He Says

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the International Conference on Iraq in Sharm el Sheik, Egypt, today, 23 November:

Secretary-General delighted by hostage release in afgHanistan

 

Following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Security Council

5086^th Meeting (AM & PM)

Officials of UN war crimes Tribunals for former Yugoslavia, Rwanda brief

 

Security Council on progress towards concluding trials by 2008

Say Courts Resolved to Meet Council Deadlines, but Obstacles

Include Underfunding, Lack of Cooperation in Apprehending Fugitives