Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

109^th Meeting (PM)

ASSEMBLY APPROVES APPOINTMENT OF SERGIO VIEIRA DE MELLO

AS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

108^th Meeting (AM)

MAIN COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN, VICE PRESIDENTS ELECTED

FOR FIFTY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

107^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION ENDORSING MONTERREY CONSENSUS

Text Commits to Strengthen United Nations

In Revamp of International Financial System

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

106^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS JAN KAVAN (CZECH REPUBLIC) PRESIDENT

OF FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION

Adopts Resolution Amending Rules of Procedure

Governing Timing of Election of President, Other Assembly Officers

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

106^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS JAN KAVAN (CZECH REPUBLIC) PRESIDENT

OF FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION

Adopts Resolution Amending Rules of Procedure

Governing Timing of Election of President, Other Assembly Officers

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

105^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES BUDGET OF JUST OVER $2.6 BILLION

FOR 12 ACTIVE PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS IN 2002-2003

Figure Includes $141.55 Million for Strategic Deployment Stocks

Acting on the recommendations of its Fifth Committee (Administrative

and Budgetary) this morning, the General Assembly adopted a budget of some

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

103^rd and 104^th Meetings (AM & PM)

CONCLUDING TWO-DAY SESSION ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT,

ASSEMBLY HEARS CALLS FOR POLITICAL COMMITMENT BY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

India Stresses Education as Bridge over Digital Divide;

Cuba Says International Assistance Crucial to Countries Still Lacking Basic Needs

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

101^st & 102^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

'DIGITAL DIVIDE' STILL YAWNS AS WIDELY AS EVER, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL,

AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY OPENS TWO-DAY SESSION ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

Senegal's President Cites Hopeful Signs of 'Digital Revolution' for Africa;

Speakers Say New Technologies Must Be Used to Reach Millennium Development Goals

CEOs pledge no less than 20 per cent of Philanthropic budgets

to ICT for development

Microsoft Joins Hewlett Packard, Equitable Cardnetwork, Masreya,

MIH Group, Vivendi Universal as Signatory of CEO Charter for Digital Development

Ad Hoc Committee to Review

New Agenda for Development of Africa

PM Meeting

GENERAL ASSEMBLY BODY CREATED TO REVIEW UN’S AGENDA FOR AFRICAN

DEVELOPMENT IN 1990S HOLDS ORGANIZATIONAL SESSION

Assembly President Says Africa’s Development Daunting Challenge;