Third Committee approves draft resolutions on extrajudicial

executions, elimination of religious intolerance

 

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

26^th Meeting (AM)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

58^th & 59^th Meetings (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY discusses PREPARATIONS FOR 2005 high-level

review of MILLENNIUM SUMMIT, major un conferences

Also Adopts Resolution Commemorating Sixtieth Anniversary of End of

Second World War, Declares 8, 9 May ‘Days of Remembrance, Reconciliation’

Release of prisoners in Myanmar important step towards creating environment

for genuine national reconciliation, says Secretary-General

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Secretary-General, in message to conference on cooperation with west African

children, hails education as building block, catalyst for development

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the conference:  “From war to classroom.  From crisis to recovery.  Italian cooperation for West African children”, in Freetown, Sierra Leone, today 19 November:

GREAT LAKES REGION WITNESSING GLIMMER OF HOPE AS LEADERS MAKE STRATEGIC DECISION

TO PURSUE PEACE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN TANZANIA

Following is the address delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the International Conference on Peace, Security, Democracy and Development in the Great Lakes Region, taking place in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania:

Secretary-General ‘absolutely outraged’ by gross misconduct

by peacekeeping personnel in Democratic Republic of Congo

 

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse in the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC), issued today in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania:

Security Council

5082^nd Meeting* (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL NAIROBI MEETING WELCOMES END OF YEAR

PEACE PLEDGE BY PARTIES TO SUDAN CONFLICT

Donors Reaffirm Commitments to Help Rebuild Sudan, but Challenge

Parties to Stand by Promise to Reach Comprehensive Agreement by End of 2004

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

UNITED NATIONS LAUNCHES INITIATIVE TO FACILITATE ASSESSMENT

OF HUMANITARIAN IMPACTS OF SANCTIONS

 

NEW YORK 19 November (OCHA) -- Today the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is launching a new initiative to assess the potential humanitarian implications of sanctions.

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

48^th & 49^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Seven Draft Resolutions On Human Rights, Advancement of Women

Approved By Third Committee

 

Topics Include Right to Food, Human

Trafficking, Globalization, Coercive Measures, Mercenaries