Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

51^st & 52^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

third committee approves draft resolutions on children’s rights,

self-determination, new international humanitarian order

In Seven Separate Recorded Votes,

Delegates Reject Amendments to Omnibus Text on Rights of Child

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

60^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY URGES STATES TO FURTHER INTEGRATE PUBLIC HEALTH INTO NATIONAL

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES, AS IT CONCLUDES DEBATE ON MILLENNIUM SUMMIT REVIEW

Also Hears Introduction of Draft Resolution,

Speakers on Occupied Territories of Azerbaijan

Special Representative of Secretary-General deeply

 

concerned at escalating violence in Darfur

 

Following is the text of a statement by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan on the latest upsurge of violence in Darfur:

UNIFEM, INSTRAW SIGN AGREEMENT FOR INCREASED COLLABORATION, COOPERATION

 

TO PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY, WOMEN’s EMPOWERMENT

 

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Nairobi, Kenya, in the evening of Wednesday, 17 November 2004.

Science, technology exist to begin transition from era of exploitation to ‘ethic

of stewardship’, says Secretary-General in message to Bangkok congress

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the third World Conservation Union’s World Conservation Congress in Bangkok, 17 to 25 November:

Secretary-General pledges United Nations support in quest for peace,

stability, democracy, development in great lakes region

 

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the closing of the International Conference on Peace, Security, Democracy and Development in the Great Lakes Region, held in Dar-es-Salaam on 20 November 2004:

The Dar-es-Salaam Declaration of Principles holds great promise.

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE INCLUDES ONE ADDITIONAL DATE OF BIRTH

OF ONE INDIVIDUAL ON AL-QAIDA SECTION OF CONSOLIDATED LIST

 

The Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee on 22 November 2004 approved the inclusion of one additional date of birth of one individual on its consolidated list (Al-Qaida section) (the addition has been underlined in the entry below).

76. *Name: 1: LIONEL 2: DUMONT 3: na 4: na

Security Council

5085^th Meeting* (AM)

Security Council adopts resolution defining mandate of European Union

force to take over stabilization role in Bosnia and Herzegovina

 

ICT TASK FORCE MEETING IN BERLIN FOCUSES ON PROMOTING

FAVOURABLE ENVIRONMENTS FOR information TECHNOLOGY

 

BERLIN, 22 November(UN Department of Public Information) -- “Promoting an enabling environment for digital development” was the theme of the seventh meeting of the United Nations Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Task Force, held on 19 and 20 November in Berlin, hosted by the German Foreign Ministry.