Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

13^th Meeting (AM)

Effective management of human settlements crucial in tackling

urban poverty, second committee told

 

Delegates Also Express Concern That

Funding for UN-HabitatFalls Far Short of Projected Needs

Secretary-General, at military event in Dublin, hails Ireland’s

 

enduring commitment to United Nations peacekeeping

 

Following are the remarks delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at an event reviewing Irish military assets of potential use in European Union operations in support of the United Nations, at McKee Barracks, Dublin, Ireland:

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

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

Speakers reaffirm millennium declaration’s call for women’s empowerment,

 

as third committee concludes discussion of advancement of women

Many Agree on Need for Women’s Access

To Resources, Opportunities for Progress in Poverty Eradication

Security Council

5057^th Meeting (Night)

Security Council forwards to General Assembly list of 22 candidates

for judges of Former Yugoslavia Tribunal

 

Having considered the nominations for permanent judges of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the Security Council this afternoon forwarded a list of 22 candidates to the General Assembly.

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

 

LEGAL COMMITTEE SPEAKERS LAUD START OF JUDICIAL FUNCTIONING

of international criminal court; growing adherence noted

 

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

30^th & 31^st Meetings (AM & PM)

REAFFIRMING SUPPORT FOR POPULATION, DEVELOPMENT GOALS, SPEAKERS IN GENERAL

UN constant partner, ally of women in work for equal rights,

says Deputy Secretary-General at Headquarters observance

 

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette’s remarks on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women, in New York, 13 October:

Thank you.  I am delighted to be with you for this special anniversary.

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

12^th Meeting (PM)

ECONOMIC COMMITTEE TOLD OF PROGRESS BY UN-HABITAT IN EASING

problems of water supply, sanitation in slum areas

 

Agency Said to Need Increased Funds to Reach Millennium

Goals; Debate Concludes on Global Conference on Development Financing

(Issued on 15 October 2004.)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

10^th Meeting (AM)

fourth committee postpones action on western sahara draft resolution,

 

Two other texts on decolonization questions

Committee Also Begins General Debate on Effects of Atomic Radiation

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

12^th & 13^th Meetings (AM & PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES 11 DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON CRIME PREVENTION,

INTERNATIONAL DRUG CONTROL, ROLE OF FAMILIES IN DEVELOPMENT

Also Continues Discussion on Advancement of Women, Hearing 43 Speakers