Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

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

UN FINANCIAL SITUATION, HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT REFORM

FOCUS OF DEBATE IN BUDGET COMMITTEE

(Issued on 29 October 2004.)

Secretary-General Deeply Dismayed at Abduction of three UN staff in Afghanistan

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General today learned with deep regret and dismay that three international staff contracted by the UN Development Programme were abducted from a UN vehicle at approximately 1:00 in the afternoon, local time, in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Security Council

5067^th Meeting (PM)

Security Council, commending CentralAfricanRepublic for success

of ‘transition process’, looks to further progress

 

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

18^th Meeting (AM)

Assistant Secretary-General stresses need for funds to reduce impact of landmines

as fourth committee takes up new item on assistance in mine action

Delegates Also Conclude Debate on Comprehensive Review of Peacekeeping Operations

(Issued on 29 October 2004.)

Security Council

5068^th Meeting (PM)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

44^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, FOR THIRTEENTH STRAIGHT YEAR, ADOPTS RESOLUTION

ON ENDING UNITED STATES EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA

 

For the thirteenth straight year, the General Assembly today overwhelmingly adopted a resolution on the perennial necessity of ending the four-decade-old economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States against Cuba.

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

15^th Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE BEGINS NEW REVIEW OF ISSUES ON SUCCESSION OF STATES,

RESPONSIBILITY FOR INTERNALLY WRONGFUL ACTS

 

Work of International Law Commission Noted; Differing Views

Expressed on Future Form of Draft Articles, in Convention or by Assembly Action

(Issued on 29 October 2004)

Security Council

5066^th Meeting (AM & PM)

Day-long Security Council debate on issue of Women, Peace, Security;

Problems of oppression, exploitation stressed

 

Presidential Statement Urges End to Violent Acts in Conflict

Situations; Majority of 50 Speakers Express Concern at Scale of Abuse

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

28^th & 29^th Meetings (AM & PM)

IN THIRD COMMITTEE, HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS URGE STRONGER ACTION

BY INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO COUNTER VIOLATIONS

Draft Resolution Approved on UN Literary Decade,

Honour Crimes, UN African Institute for Crime Prevention

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

First Committee

19^th Meeting (PM)

TOTAL ELIMINATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS’ AIM OF DRAFT TEXT

APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

Nine More Resolutions Recommended to General Assembly

(Issued on 29 October 2004.)