Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

5^th Meeting (PM)

 

STRICT OBSERVANCE OF HUMANITARIAN LAW, MEASURES TO PROTECT

 

DIPLOMATS URGED IN ASSEMBLY’S LEGAL COMMITTEE

As Status of New Protocols to Geneva Convention Is Discussed,

Delegates Stress Key Role of International Committee of Red Cross

(Issued on 14 October 2004.)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

7^th Meeting (AM)

PATTERN OF CONFERENCES, FINANCING FOR BURUNDIMISSION DEBATED IN BUDGET COMMITTEE

(Issued on 14 October 2004.)

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

10^th & 11^th Meetings (AM & PM)

delegates in second committee stress need for developed nations to honour

 

monterrey conference commitments on development assistance

New, Innovative Sources of Financing

No Substitute for Aid, Investment, Trade, Speakers Say

Secretary-General committed to preventing illegal use

 

of Un vehicles, facilities by armed militia

 

The following statement on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Joining hands with business vital to promoting Peace, Development,

Deputy Secretary-General says at US Business Council Dinner

Following are the remarks delivered on 12 October by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the United States Council for International Business dinner in New York:

Committee on Relations

 with Host Country

222^nd Meeting (AM)

Committee on Relations

 with Host Country

222^nd Meeting (AM)

ON twenty-fifTH ANNIVERSARY OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS CONVENTION, COMMITTEE NOTES

 

PROGRESS, BUT FULL EQUALITY STILL TO BE ACHIEVED

(Issued on 14 October 2004.)

The twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women was observed at the United Nations Headquarters on 13 October at an event attended by a number of persons involved in the issue over the years.

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

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

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

First Committee

8^th Meeting (PM)

ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES, ILLICIT SMALL ARMS TRADE, NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONES

AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED IN CONTINUING DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE DEBATE