Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary

92^nd Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES ARRANGEMENTS FOR SEPTEMBER HIGH-LEVEL SUMMIT

The General Assembly today adopted a resolution, as orally revised, on preparations for and organization of its high-level plenary meeting, scheduled for 14 to 16 September, at the beginning of its sixtieth session.

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary

91^st Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS CONVENTION ON NUCLEAR TERRORISM; WILL OPEN

FOR SIGNATURE AT HEADQUARTERS 14 SEPTEMBER

Also Adopts 16 Budget Committee Texts;

Peacekeeping Finance, Reform of UN Justice System among Issues Addressed

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary

89^th & 90^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SEPTEMBER SUMMIT LAST CHANCE TO MOBILIZE ACTION FOR TIMELY ACHIEVEMENT

OF MILLENNIUM GOALS, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD

During Three-Day Session to Review Secretary-General’s

Report ‘In Larger Freedom’, Assembly Hears Views of 83 Governments

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary

87^th & 88^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary

85^th & 86^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary

84^th Meeting (AM)

General Assembly adopts text on peacekeeping, delegates

 

sudanmission financing to budget committee

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRESENTS REPORT ‘IN LARGER FREEDOM’ TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

 

OUTLINING AMBITIOUS PLAN FOR UNITED NATIONS REFORM

 

Says Package Gives Equal Weight to Organization’s Three Great

Purposes – Development, Security, Human Rights – Underpinned by Rule of Law

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary

82^nd Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION

 

ON HUMAN CLONING BY VOTE OF 84-34-37

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary

81^st Meeting (AM)

 

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS RONNY ABRAHAM OF FRANCE TO INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE,

ACTING CONCURRENTLY WITH SECURITY COUNCIL

Will Serve until 5 February 2009 -- Remainder of Nine-Year

Term of Gilbert Guillaume, Who Resigned Effective 11 February

General Assembly

Twenty-eighth Special Session

1^st & 2^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY MARKS 60^TH ANNIVERSARY OF LIBERATION OF NAZI DEATH CAMPS

Over 40 Speakers Address Day-Long Special Session,

Saying Holocaust Represented Break with Civilization Itself