Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

30^th & 31^st Meetings (AM & PM)

EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN SUDAN CITES ‘STRONG INDICATIONS’ OF COMMISSION OF WAR

CRIMES IN DARFUR, AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONTINUES DIALOGUE WITH EXPERTS

Committee also Hears Reports from Special Rapporteurs

On Health, Violence Against Women, Right to Development, Human Trafficking

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

16^th Meeting (AM)

Legal committee says states should strictly enforce laws

 

protecting diplomatic missions and personnel

 

Approval for Text Also Seeking Condemnation of Acts of Violence,

Prompt Reporting of Any Attacks to United Nations Secretary-General

(Issued on 1 November 2004.)

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

19^th & 20^th Meetings (AM & PM)

second committee hears call for developing countries to make

‘mixed blessing’ of globalization work to their advantage

In Earlier Session, Nobel Laureate Urges

More Attention to Millennium Declaration, Rather than Goals

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Fifth Committee

17^th Meeting (AM)

UN staff representativeS tell Budget Committee

 

concerns ignored in management reform effort

 

Emphasize Respect for Secretary-General’s Vision, Goals,

But Cannot Support Erosion of Staff Rights, Dissolution of Oversight

(Issued on 1 November 2004.)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

46^th Meeting (AM)

Secretary-General Deeply Dismayed at Abduction of three UN staff in Afghanistan

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

The Secretary-General today learned with deep regret and dismay that three international staff contracted by the UN Development Programme were abducted from a UN vehicle at approximately 1:00 in the afternoon, local time, in Kabul, Afghanistan.

There has never been more pressing need to engage in constructive debate, heal

 

divisions, Secretary-General tells national institute of social sciences

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks on receiving the National Institute of Social Sciences Gold Medal on 27 October in New York:

Thank you, Arthur [Ross], for those kind words.

Security Council

5068^th Meeting (PM)

Security Council

5067^th Meeting (PM)

Security Council, commending CentralAfricanRepublic for success

of ‘transition process’, looks to further progress

 

Security Council

5066^th Meeting (AM & PM)

Day-long Security Council debate on issue of Women, Peace, Security;

Problems of oppression, exploitation stressed

 

Presidential Statement Urges End to Violent Acts in Conflict

Situations; Majority of 50 Speakers Express Concern at Scale of Abuse