Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

80^th Meeting (AM)

General Assembly adopts resolution extending mandates of seven short-term

judges of international criminal tribunal for former yugoslavia

It also Approves List of Civil Society

Groups to Participate in High-Level Review Event on HIV/AIDS

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

79^th Meeting (AM)

General Assembly adopts resolution emphasizing need to maintain focus

on tsunami-hit region beyond emergency relief stage

 

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

77^th & 78^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

HIGHLIGHTS

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

76^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATES $53.63 MILLION FOR STRENGTHENED,

UNIFIED UN SECURITY, AS IT CONCLUDES MAIN PART OF 59^TH SESSION

Acts on WideRange of Recommendations from Budget Committee;

Texts on Africa’s Development, Anti-Malaria Decade among Others Adopted

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

75^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS 40 RESOLUTIONS, Five DECISIONS

 

ON WIDERANGE OF ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL ISSUES

 

Importance of Open, Transparent, Inclusive Trading System Emphasized;

Poverty, Corruption, Disaster Relief, Sustainable Development also Addressed

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

74^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS 61 RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS,

 

SOCIAL, HUMANITARIAN ISSUES

 

Approves Texts on Human Rights Situations

In Iran, Democratic Republic of Congo, Turkmenistan

General Assembly unanimously adopts resolution approving work plan

for commemoration of organization’s sixtieth anniversary

 

Measure Outlines Format, Organization of High-Level Millennium Review

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

72^nd Meeting (PM)

General Assembly Reaffirms Strong Support for Global Certification Scheme

to Disrupt Diamond Smuggling

 

Other Resolutions Adopted Today Concern UN Humanitarian Aid,

Southern African Development Community, Promotion of Tolerance, Culture of Peace

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

70^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROCLAIMS WORLD PROGRAMME FOR HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION,

STRESSING ITS IMPORTANCE TO REALIZATION OF ALL FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS

Assembly President Jean Ping (Gabon) Says Effective Human Rights

Education Remains Best Prerequisite for Achievement of Peaceful World