Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

1^st Meeting (AM)

Second Committee Approves Work Plan for Fifty-Ninth General Assembly Session

The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) this morning approved its programme of work, as orally amended, for the fifty-ninth General Assembly session.

Economic and Social Council acts on several items deferred from july session

As the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) met this afternoon to resume its 2004 substantive session, it took action on several items deferred from its regular session in July.

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New Permanent Representative of Colombia Presents Credentials

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

The new Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations,
Maria Angela Holguín, presented her credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan today.

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New Permanent Representative of Singapore Presents Credentials

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

Vanu Gopala Menon, the new Permanent Representative of Singapore to the United Nations, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan today.

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New Permanent Representative of INDIA Presents Credentials

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

Nirupam Sen, the new Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, presented his credentials today to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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New Permanent Representative of Sweden Presents Credentials

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

Anders Lidén, the new Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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New Permanent Representative of Switzerland Presents Credentials

 

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

Peter Maurer, the new Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations, presented his credentials today to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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New Permanent Representative of belgium Presents Credentials

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

Johan C. Verbeke, the new Permanent Representative of Belgium to the United Nations, presented his credentials today to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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New Permanent Representative of Kyrgyzstan Presents Credentials

 

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

Nurbek Jeenbaev, the new Permanent Representative of Kyrgyzstan to the United Nations, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan today.

NEW UN REPORT CITES DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF HIV/AIDS

NEW YORK, 16 September (Department of Economic and Social Affairs) -- The HIV/AIDS epidemic will have devastating consequences in the decades to come for virtually every sector of society ranging from households and farms, to growth of whole economies, according to a new report, The Impact of AIDS, issued today by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs’ Population Division.