Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

3^rd Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE DEBATES REFORM OF JOINT INSPECTION UNIT

Emphasizing the great importance of the Joint Inspection Unit as the sole external system-wide oversight body of the Organization, many speakers in the Administrative and Budgetary Committee (Fifth) this morning said it was time to take a decision on the review of the statute and working methods of the Unit.

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GUATEMALA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Jorge Skinner-Klée Arenales, the new Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the United Nations, presented his credentials today to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Africa shows progress in tackling conflicts, UN Secretary-General reports

AL-QAIDA, TALIBAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE PROVIDES STATES

 

WITH OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH COMMITTEE

 

1.    By paragraph 11 of resolution 1526 (2004), the Security Council requested the Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee to provide States with an opportunity, at the Committee’s request, to send representatives to meet with the Committee for more in-depth discussion of relevant issues.

Security Council

5051^st Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL FAILS TO ADOPT TEXT DEMANDING END

TO ISRAELI MILITARY OFFENSIVE IN GAZA

Draft Resolution Supported by 11 Members; United States,

Exercising Veto, Calls It ‘Lopsided’ and against Cause of Peace

Security Council

5050^th Meeting (AM)

Sudan conflict could widen into regional, even global, confrontation,

 

if not properly addressed, Security Council told

 

Special Representative Jan Pronk Describes Political Gains,

But Says No Progress Made in Key Areas of Security, Ending Impunity

UN organizations say current violence is pushing Gaza into humanitarian crisis

JERUSALEM, 5 October (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- Twelve United Nations organizations* working in Gaza today stated that the ongoing violence on top of the sharply deteriorating humanitarian situation this year is pushing the Palestinian population into a deep crisis. 

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

3^rd Meeting (PM)

Western sahara, second decade to eradicate colonialism

 

among issues in fourth committee general debate

 

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

3^rd & 4^th Meetings (AM & PM)

DELEGATES EXPRESS CONCERN OVER NEGATIVE IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION,

AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONTINUES DEBATE ON SOCIAL ISSUES

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

3^rd & 4^th Meetings (AM & PM)

DELEGATES EXPRESS CONCERN OVER NEGATIVE IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION,

AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONTINUES DEBATE ON SOCIAL ISSUES