Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

33^rd & 34^th Meetings (AM & PM)

text approved by second committee recommends assistance to protect caribbean sea

 

from pollution by oil, chemicals, radioactive materials, nuclear waste

Delegates Conclude Discussion

On Eradication of Poverty, Take up Two Other Items

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

54^th & 55^th Meeting (AM & PM)

Secretary-General thanks Colin Powell for ‘close and productive’

 

relationship over past four years

 

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

Secretary-General calls for ‘Culture of Respect’ for rule of law,

at home and abroad, in message to New Delhi conference

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Second International Conference of the Indian Society of International Law in New Delhi, 14-17 November:

I send my greeting to all who have gathered in New Delhi for the Second International Law Conference of the Indian Society of International Law.

Secretary-General, welcoming republika srpska apology for srebrenica tragedy,

says authorities have set example of confronting painful past

The following statement is attributable to the spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Security Council

5078^th Meeting (Night)

Security Council IMPOSES IMMEDIATE, 13-MONTH ARMS EMBARGO ON CÔTE D’IVOIRE

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1572 (2004)

 

Restrictions on Travel, Finance Will Follow

If Commitments Under Peace Agreements Not Implemented by 15 December

IN FINAL BRIEFING TO SECURITY COUNCIL, SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR MIDDLE EAST

peace process SAYS NEED TO ACT COULD NOT BE ANY CLEARER

 

Security Council

5076^th Meeting (AM)

Security Council speakers support extension of Timor-Leste Mission

for final six months, until 20 May 2005

Special Representative Briefs Council, Describes Efforts

Required for Smooth Transition from Peacekeeping to Nation-Building

Seminar on security in information technology to be held on 19 November

A high-level seminar on policy awareness and security issues in information technology will be held in the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Chamber on Friday, 19 November, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Third Committee hears introduction of draft resolutions on racial

discrimination, self-determination, missing persons

 

Entering its first week of meetings devoted wholly to taking action on the wide range of issues before it, the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) met this afternoon to hear introductions of draft resolutions on racial discrimination, the right to self-determination and missing persons.