Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

27^th Meeting (PM)

second committee approves draft resolution underscoring importance

of action, policies to reduce impact of extreme weather

 

Two Other Texts Approved as Delegates Take Action without Vote

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

25^th & 26^th Meetings (AM & PM)

second committee debate on United Nations operational activities begins

 

with call for better planning, funding, coordination

Resident Coordinators Should Report

On Progress in Meeting Goals, Says Under-Secretary-General

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

23^rd & 24^th Meetings (AM & PM)

international community urged to stabilize prices of commodities from developing

countries as second committee concludes trade, development

 

World Trade Organization Urged

To Focus on Commodities Sector in Current Negotiations

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

22^nd Meeting (AM & PM)

panellists in Second Committee cite grenada’s hurricane experience to emphasize

 

need for faster international responses to natural disasters

Delegates Conclude Debate on Globalization,

Interdependence, Begin Discussing International Trade, Development

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

21^st Meeting (AM & PM)

DELEGATES UNDERLINE DUAL NATURE OF MIGRATION AS SECOND COMMITTEE

CONTINUES DEBATE ON GLOBALIZATION, INTERDEPENDENCE

In Morning Session, Committee Holds

Dialogue on 2004 Triennial Comprehensive Policy Review

(Issued on 2 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

Meeting to Mark Publication of

 Report of Sierra Leone Truth

 and Reconciliation Commission

PM Meeting

Final Report on ten-year Sierra Leone conflict published; seeks

to set out historical record, offer guidance for future

 

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

18^th Meeting (AM)

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

16^th & 17^th Meetings (AM & PM)

international community must take serious anti-desertification measures,

 

reverse loss of biodiversity, second committee told

Three Draft Resolutions Introduced

As Committee Concludes General Debate on Sustainable Development

(Issued on 21 October 2004.)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

15^th Meeting (AM & PM)

industrialiZed nations will fail in efforts to keep greenhouse gas Emissions

 

at acceptable levels by 2015, second committee told

Effective Implementation of Climate Change, Desertification,

Biodiversity Conventions Stressed as Sustainable Development Debate Continues

(Issued on 20 October 2004.)