Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

57^th Meeting (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY SUSPENDS ELECTION OF JUDGES FOR YUGOSLAV TRIBUNAL,

 

FOLLOWING FOUR INCONCLUSIVE ROUNDS OF VOTING

After four inconclusive rounds of voting today, the General Assembly decided to continue the process to elect judges for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) at 10 a.m. tomorrow, 19 November.

Launch of the International Year

of Microcredit 2005

microfinance can help poor people move beyond day-to-day survival, says

 

Secretary-General at launch of international year of microcredit

Speakers Underline Huge Potential

For Microfinance Growth, Note Remaining Challenges

UN LAUNCHES INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF MICROCREDIT 2005

 

UNITED NATIONS DRUGS OFFICE REPORTS MAJOR INCREASE

 

IN OPIUM CULTIVATION IN AFGHANISTAN

 

(Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 18 November (UN Information Service) -- This year, opium cultivation in Afghanistan has increased by 64 per cent compared to 2003, according to the Afghanistan Opium Survey 2004, released today by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

complete elimination of landmines remains a priority for international community,

Secretary-General tells conference of high contracting parties

Secretary-General condemns brutal execution of Margaret Hassan in Iraq

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

Secretary-General Appoints Nasra Hassan as Director

 

of UN Information Service in Vienna

 

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS SISSEL EKAAS OF NORWAY DEPUTY SPECIAL

REPRESENTATIVE OF UN MISSION IN ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA

The Secretary-General today announced the appointment of Sissel Ekaas of Norway as Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea. 

fourth committee accepts request to postpone action on draft resolutions relating

 

to Palestine refugee agency, Israeli Practices in occupied arabterritories

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

45^th Meeting (AM)*

Third Committee approves draft resolution on human rights in Iran,

follow-up to Social Development Summit