Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary

93^rd Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY AUTHORIZES BUDGET OF $595.5 MILLION FOR INITIAL

ESTABLISHMENT OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING MISSION IN SUDAN

Adopting Resolution Without a Vote, Assembly

Expresses Concern Over Financial Situation Regarding Peacekeeping

SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES CALL FOR RESTRAINT, DIALOGUE IN ECUADOR,

AS VICE-PRESIDENT ASSUMES PRESIDENCY

 

The following statement was issued on 20 April by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General has learned that the Vice-President of Ecuador, Alfredo Palacio, has assumed the functions of the presidency.

Commission on Sustainable Development

Thirteenth Session

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

SOLVING GLOBAL WATER CRISIS ‘MORAL IMPERATIVE’, ACCESS TO WATER HUMAN

RIGHT, MIKHAIL GORBACHEV TELLS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

On Second Day of Commission’s High-Level Segment,

Focus Remains on Turning Past Political Commitments into Action

Crime congress committee ii discusses strengths, weaknesses

of international legal regime to counter terrorism

Binding Obligation to Cooperate in Information Sharing, Extradition

A Plus, But Inability to Find Definition of Terrorism Constrains System

WORKSHOP IDENTIFIES CHALLENGES TO INTERNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

COOPERATION IN COUNTERING ORGANIZED CRIME

Key Issues Include Reciprocity, Political Offences,

Diverse Legal Systems, Lack of Information Channels

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

arab regional disarmament symposium agrees that no state on its own

 

can fight problem of small arms, light weapons

(Reissued as received.)

EFFECTIVE UN IMPORTANT FOR ALL – BUT PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANT FOR DEVELOPING WORLD,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN JAKARTA REMARKS

Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s opening remarks at a panel on reform in Jakarta, 21 April:

Background Release

SECOND SESSION OF COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF RIGHTS

 

OF MIGRANTS TO MEET IN GENEVA FROM 25 TO 29 APRIL

Committee to Discuss Methods of Work, Adopt Provisional

Guidelines for Submission of States Parties’ Initial Reports

(Reissued as received.)

Security Council

5166^th Meeting (AM)

MIDDLE EAST EVENTS CONTINUE TO CONFIRM POTENTIAL FOR PEACE, THOUGH PROCESS

REMAINS FRAGILE, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

Challenge to Parties, International Community

Is Ensuring Success of Disengagement from Gaza, He Stresses in Briefing

11TH UN CONGRESS ON CRIME PREVENTION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

 

TO DISCUSS CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM

 

(Reissued as received.)