Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

12^th Meeting (AM)

Ethical issues stressed as Legal Committee continues

 

debate on two draft texts on Human Cloning

 

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary Meeting

40^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY adopts seven texts aiming to enhance ORGANIZATION’S

cooperation with REGIONAL, OTHER ACTORS

 

Text on Cooperation with Preparatory Commission

For Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization Adopted by Vote of 104-1-0

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

20^th & 21^st Meetings (AM & PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ ISSUES,

CONCLUDES DISCUSSION OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS

 

Secretary-General Kofi Annan flew on Monday morning, 18 October, from Dublin to Londonderry, Northern Ireland, to deliver a lecture at the University of Ulster on the lessons of peacebuilding.

Secretary-General encouraged by update on ‘oil-for-food’ inquiry committee’s work

 

The following statement is attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

This morning the Secretary-General met with Paul Volcker, the Chairman of the Independent Inquiry Committee into the UN Oil-for-Food Programme, to receive an updated briefing on the work of the Committee.

Secretary-General welcomes move to suspend military action in Nepal

The following statement is attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

38^th & 39^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

First Committee

13^th Meeting (AM)

Mine ban convention, illicit trade in small arms, among ISSUES

in Disarmament Committee thematic debate

 

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

11^th Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DIFFERING TEXTS ON ISSUE OF HUMAN CLONING

Some Delegates Favour Convention Imposing Total Ban;

Others Support Exception for Therapeutic and Scientific Research

(Issued on 22 October 2004.)

Secretary-General hails decision to deploy expanded African force in Darfur

The following statement is attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: