Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

79^th Meeting (Night)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS $3.16 BILLION 2004-2005 BUDGET, AS IT CONCLUDES

MAIN PART OF FIFTY-EIGHTH SESSION

Assembly President Describes ‘Extraordinary’ Session

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

78^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY UNDERSCORES NEED FOR SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF DOHA

DEVELOPMENT AGENDA AS IT ACTS ON SECOND COMMITTEE TEXTS

Taking up Reports from Committee’s Session,

Delegates Adopt 37 Draft Resolutions, 7 Draft Decisions

PROTOCOL ON HEAVY METALS ENTERS INTO FORCE, NEW WORK

ON PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS AGREED

(Reissued as received)

GENEVA, 23 December -- The 19 new Parties to the Protocol on Heavy Metals are to celebrate its entry into force next Monday, 29 December.

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RIGHT TO HEALTH CONCLUDES VISIT TO MOZAMBIQUE

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 23 December -- Paul Hunt, Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the right to health, has concluded a mission to Mozambique that lasted from 15 to 19 December. The mission took place at the invitation of the Government.

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISTRESSED BY LANDSLIDE, FLOOD DAMAGE

IN PHILIPPINES, SAYS UN STANDS READY TO HELP

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES LIBYA’S ANNOUNCEMENT ON WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

The following statement was issued Saturday, 20 December, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Security Council

4891^st Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL REAFFIRMS FULL SUPPORT FOR BURUNDI

PEACE PROCESS, IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT

Reaffirming its full support for the Arusha peace process in Burundi, the Security Council this afternoon endorsed recent political developments concerning that country.

Security Council

4890^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION DISSOLVES COMMITTEE OVERSEEING BANS

ON LIBERIA, SETS UP NEW BODY TO OVERSEE EMBARGOES

Adoption of New Text Aimed at Reflecting Changed

Security Council

4889^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF FORCE SUPERVISING

ISRAEL-SYRIA CEASEFIRE UNTIL 30 JUNE 2004

Security Council

4888^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFED BY CHAIRS OF COMMITTEES, WORKING GROUP

ON EFFECTIVENESS OF SANCTIONS

As the Security Council heard briefings by the heads of its committees and working groups this afternoon, the representative of Cameroon and Chairman of the Working Group on General Issues of Sanctions emphasized the importance of regularly assessing such coercive measures.