Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

12^th Meeting (AM)

Progress made in strengthening UN financial base, but serious

 

problems remain, Budget Committee told

 

(Issued on 22 October 2004.)

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.

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

16^th & 17^th Meetings (AM & PM)

international community must take serious anti-desertification measures,

 

reverse loss of biodiversity, second committee told

Three Draft Resolutions Introduced

As Committee Concludes General Debate on Sustainable Development

(Issued on 21 October 2004.)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

First Committee

12^th Meeting (AM)

Texts on outer space arms race, United States-Russian Federation

Nuclear arms reduction introduced in First Committee

 

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

37^th Meeting* (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ENDORSES ACTION PLAN TO PROMOTE USE OF SPACE TECHNOLOGIES

FOR BENEFIT OF ALL, FOLLOWING REVIEW OF 1999 CONFERENCE

 

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

19^th Meeting (PM)

SPEAKERS IN THIRD COMMITTEE CALL FOR INTENSIFIED EFFORTS TO PROTECT CHILDREN

AFFECTED BY ARMED CONFLICT, AS DISCUSSION OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS CONTINUES

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

9^th & 10^th Meetings (AM & PM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE CONCLUDES REVIEW OF MEASURES AGAINST GLOBAL

TERRORISM, CONSIDERS CONVENTION ON SAFETY OF UN PERSONNEL

In Both Cases, Delegates Seen Stronger Adherence

To Existing International Instruments, Propose Expansion of Protections

(Issued on 21 October 2004.)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

13^th Meeting (PM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE SPEAKERS COMMEND REFORMS IN UN PUBLIC INFORMATION DEPARTMENT,

UNDERLINE IMPORTANCE OF INFORMATION CENTRES

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Dublin from Beijing in the evening of Wednesday, 13 October.