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A/59/150
General Assembly
Distr.: General
16 July 2004
Original: English
Fifty-ninth session
Provisional agenda of the fifty-ninth regular session of the
General Assembly*
To convene at United Nations Headquarters, New York, on
Tuesday, 14 September 2004, at 3 p.m.**
1. Opening of the session by the President of the General Assembly (rule 31).1
2. Minute of silent prayer or meditation (rule 62).
3. Credentials of representatives to the fifty-ninth session of the General
Assembly (rule 28):
(a) Appointment of the members of the Credentials Committee;
(b) Report of the Credentials Committee.2
4. Election of the President of the General Assembly (rule 30).3
5. Election of the officers of the Main Committees (rule 30).3
6. Election of the Vice-Presidents of the General Assembly (rule 30).3
7. Notification by the Secretary-General under Article 12, paragraph 2, of the
Charter of the United Nations (rule 49).
8. Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items: reports
of the General Committee (rule 21).
9. General debate (resolution 57/301 of 13 March 2003).
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* Issued in accordance with rule 12 of the rules of procedure.
** In paragraph 1 of its resolution 57/301 of 13 March 2003, the General Assembly decided to amend
rule 1 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly to read: “The General Assembly shall meet every
year in regular session commencing on the Tuesday of the third week in September, counting from
the first week that contains at least one working day.”
1 For the text of rule 31, as amended, see resolution 56/509 of 8 July 2002.
2 This item remains also on the agenda of the fifty-eighth session (decision 58/565 of
23 December 2003).
3 For the text of rule 30, as amended, see resolution 56/509.
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10. Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization (rules 13 (a)
and 48; resolutions 47/120 B of 20 September 1993 and 51/241 of 31 July
1997).2
11. Report of the Security Council (rule 13 (b)).2
12. Report of the Economic and Social Council (rule 13 (b); General Assembly
resolutions 3281 (XXIX) of 12 December 1974, 56/212 of 21 December 2001
and 58/231 of 23 December 2003 and decision 58/553 of 23 December 2003
and Economic and Social Council decision 1982/112 of 26 April 1982).2
13. Report of the International Court of Justice (rule 13 (b)).
14. Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (resolutions 1145 (XII) of
14 November 1957 and 58/8 of 4 November 2003).
15. Elections to fill vacancies in principal organs:
(a) Election of five non-permanent members of the Security Council (rule
142; decision 58/403 of 23 October 2003);
(b) Election of eighteen members of the Economic and Social Council (rule
145; decision 58/406 of 11 November 2003).
16. Elections to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other elections: election of
seven members of the Committee for Programme and Coordination (Economic
and Social Council resolution 2008 (LX) of 14 May 1976 and General
Assembly decision 58/408 of 17 November 2003).
17. Appointments to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other appointments:2
(a) Appointment of members of the Advisory Committee on Administrative
and Budgetary Questions (rule 155; decision 58/405 B of 17 December
2003);
(b) Appointment of members of the Committee on Contributions (rule 158;
decision 58/412 of 17 December 2003);
(c) Confirmation of the appointment of members of the Investments
Committee (resolution 155 (II) of 15 November 1947 and decision
58/414 of 17 December 2003);
(d) Appointment of members of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal
(resolution 351 A (IV) of 24 November 1949 and decision 58/415 of
17 December 2003);
(e) Appointment of members and alternate members of the United Nations
Staff Pension Committee (resolution 248 (III) of 7 December 1948 and
decision 55/319 of 23 December 2000);
(f) Appointment of members of the International Civil Service Commission
(resolution 3357 (XXIX) of 18 December 1974 and decisions 57/410 of
4 December 2002 and 58/421 of 18 June 2004);
(g) Appointment of members of the Committee on Conferences (resolution
43/222 B of 21 December 1988 and decision 58/409 of 3 December
2003);
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(h) Appointment of members of the Joint Inspection Unit (resolution 31/192
of 22 December 1976 and decision 57/416 of 6 June 2003);
(i) Appointment of the Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight
Services (resolution 48/218 B of 29 July 1994 and decision 54/320 of
2 March 2000).
18. Election of judges of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons
Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law
Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 (Security
Council resolutions 827 (1993) of 25 May 1993 and 1329 (2000) of
30 November 2000 and General Assembly decision 55/320 B of 12 June 2001).
19. Admission of new Members to the United Nations (rule 136).
20. Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to
Colonial Countries and Peoples (resolutions 58/106 to 58/111 and decision
58/526 of 9 December 2003).
21. The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict (resolution 58/290 of 14 April 2004).
22. Assistance in mine action (resolution 58/127 of 19 December 2003).
23. Review of the implementation of the recommendations of the Third United
Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
(resolutions 56/51 of 10 December 2001, 57/116 of 11 December 2002 and
58/90 of 9 December 2003).
24. Prevention of armed conflict (resolution 57/337 of 3 July 2003).
25. Implementation of the resolutions of the United Nations (decision 58/513 of
3 December 2003).
26. The situation in Central America: progress in fashioning a region of peace,
freedom, democracy and development (resolution 58/239 of 23 December
2003).
27. The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and
security (resolution 58/27 A of 5 December 2003).2
28. Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte (decision 58/503 A of
10 November 2003).
29. Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed
by the United States of America against Cuba (resolution 58/7 of 4 November
2003).
30. Question of Cyprus (resolution 58/316 of 1 July 2004).4
31. Armed aggression against the Democratic Republic of the Congo (resolution
58/316 of 1 July 2004).4
32. Question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (resolution 58/316 of 1 July 2004
and decision 58/511 of 5 November 2003).4
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4 This item is included in the provisional agenda of the fifty-ninth session in accordance with
paragraph 4 (b) of the annex to resolution 58/316.
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33. Armed Israeli aggression against the Iraqi nuclear installations and its grave
consequences for the established international system concerning the peaceful
uses of nuclear energy, the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and
international peace and security (resolution 58/316 of 1 July 2004 and decision
58/527 of 17 December 2003).4
34. Consequences of the Iraqi occupation of and aggression against Kuwait
(resolution 58/316 of 1 July 2004 and decision 58/514 of 5 December 2003).4
35. Declaration of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the
Organization of African Unity on the aerial and naval military attack against
the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya by the present United States
Administration in April 1986 (resolution 58/316 of 1 July 2004 and decision
58/512 of 10 November 2003).4
36. Culture of peace (resolutions 58/11 of 10 November 2003 and 58/128 of
19 December 2003).2
37. The situation in the Middle East (resolutions 58/22 and 58/23 of 3 December
2003).2
38. Question of Palestine (resolutions 58/18 to 58/21 of 3 December 2003).5
39. New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress in implementation and
international support:
(a) New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress in implementation
and international support (resolutions 57/7 of 4 November 2002 and
58/233 of 23 December 2003);
(b) Causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable
development in Africa (resolution 58/235 of 23 December 2003).
40. Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance
of the United Nations, including special economic assistance (resolutions
48/162 of 20 December 1993 and 58/122 of 17 December 2003):
(a) Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance
of the United Nations (resolutions 57/150 and 57/153 of 16 December
2002, 58/25 of 5 December 2003 and 58/114 of 17 December 2003);
(b) Special economic assistance to individual countries or regions
(resolutions 57/102 to 57/104 of 25 November 2002, 57/148 and 57/151
of 16 December 2002, 58/24 and 58/26 of 5 December 2003 and 58/115,
58/120 and 58/123 of 17 December 2003);2
(c) Assistance to the Palestinian people (resolution 58/113 of 17 December
2003);
(d) Emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and
reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan (resolution 58/27 B of
5 December 2003).
41. Follow-up to the outcome of the special session on children (resolution 58/282
of 9 February 2004).
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5 This item remains also on the agenda of the fifty-eighth session (see A/58/PV.91).
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42. The role of the United Nations in promoting a new global human order
(resolution 57/12 of 14 November 2002).
43. The situation of democracy and human rights in Haiti (resolution 58/316 of
1 July 2004).4
44. Follow-up to the outcome of the twenty-sixth special session: implementation
of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS (resolutions 58/236 of
23 December 2003 and 58/313 of 1 July 2004).
45. Information and communication technologies for development (resolution
58/316 of 1 July 2004).
46. Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes
of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social
and related fields (resolution 58/291 of 6 May 2004 and decision 58/529 of
17 December 2003).6
47. 2001-2010: Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly
in Africa (resolution 58/237 of 23 December 2003).
48. Sport for peace and development: International Year of Sport and Physical
Education (resolution 58/5 of 3 November 2003).
49. Elimination of unilateral extraterritorial coercive economic measures as a
means of political and economic compulsion (resolution 57/5 of 16 October
2002 and decision 56/455 of 21 December 2001).7
50. Oceans and the law of the sea:
(a) Oceans and the law of the sea (resolutions 49/28 of 6 December 1994 and
58/240 of 23 December 2003);
(b) Sustainable fisheries, including through the Agreement for the
Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on
the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and
Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish
Stocks, and related instruments (resolutions 57/142 and 57/143 of
12 December 2002 and 58/14 of 24 November 2003).
51. Report of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons
Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International
Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan
Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in
the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January and 31 December 1994
(Security Council resolution 955 (1994) of 8 November 1994 and General
Assembly decision 58/504 of 9 October 2003).
52. Report of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible
for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the
Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 (Security Council resolution
827 (1993) of 25 May 1993 and General Assembly decision 58/505 of 9
October 2003).
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6 This item remains also on the agenda of the fifty-eighth session (see A/58/PV.86).
7 This item is included in the provisional agenda of the fifty-ninth session in accordance with
paragraph 4 (d) of the annex to resolution 58/316.
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53. Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly (resolutions 58/126 of
19 December 2003 and 58/316 of 1 July 2004).8
54. Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the
Security Council and related matters.9
55. Strengthening of the United Nations system (resolution 58/269 of
23 December 2003).8
56. Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit (resolutions 58/3 of
27 October 2003, 58/16 of 3 December 2003 and 58/291 of 6 May 2004).6
57. Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations:
(a) Cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union
(resolution 57/48 of 21 November 2002);
(b) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Asian-African Legal
Consultative Organization (resolution 57/36 of 21 November 2002);
(c) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Association of South-
East Asian Nations (resolution 57/35 of 21 November 2002);
(d) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Black Sea Economic
Cooperation Organization (resolution 57/34 of 21 November 2002);
(e) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community
(resolution 57/41 of 21 November 2002);
(f) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe
(resolution 57/156 of 16 December 2002);
(g) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Community
of Central African States (resolution 57/40 of 21 November 2002);
(h) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Cooperation
Organization (resolution 57/38 of 21 November 2002);
(i) Cooperation between the United Nations and the International
Organization of la Francophonie (resolution 57/43 of 21 November
2002);
(j) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary
Union (resolution 57/47 of 21 November 2002);
(k) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Latin American
Economic System (resolution 57/39 of 21 November 2002);
(l) Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States
(resolution 57/46 of 21 November 2002);
(m) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for the
Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (resolution 57/45 of 21 November
2002);
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8 This item remains also on the agenda of the fifty-eighth session (see A/58/PV.92).
9 This item remains also on the agenda of the fifty-eighth session (decision 58/565 of
23 December 2003). Its inclusion in the draft agenda of the fifty-ninth session is subject to any
action that the General Assembly may take on it at its fifty-eighth session.
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(n) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe (resolution 57/298 of 20 December
2002);
(o) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of
American States (resolution 57/157 of 16 December 2002);
(p) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of the
Islamic Conference (resolution 57/42 of 21 November 2002);
(q) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Pacific Islands Forum
(resolution 57/37 of 21 November 2002);
(r) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Preparatory
Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
Organization (resolution 57/49 of 21 November 2002);
(s) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Southern African
Development Community (resolution 57/44 of 21 November 2002).
58. Reduction of military budgets (resolution 35/142 B of 12 December 1980).
59. Maintenance of international security — good-neighbourliness, stability and
development in South-Eastern Europe (resolution 57/52 of 22 November
2002).
60. Verification in all its aspects, including the role of the United Nations in the
field of verification (decision 58/515 of 8 December 2003).
61. Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the
context of international security (resolution 58/32 of 8 December 2003).
62. Role of science and technology in the context of international security and
disarmament (resolution 58/33 of 8 December 2003).
63. Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East
(resolution 58/34 of 8 December 2003).
64. Conclusion of effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclearweapon
States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons (resolution
58/35 of 8 December 2003).
65. Prevention of an arms race in outer space (resolution 58/36 of 8 December
2003).
66. General and complete disarmament:
(a) Notification of nuclear tests (resolution 42/38 C of 30 November 1987);
(b) Further measures in the field of disarmament for the prevention of an
arms race on the sea-bed and the ocean floor and in the subsoil thereof
(resolution 44/116 O of 15 December 1989);
(c) Disarmament and non-proliferation education (resolution 57/60 of
22 November 2002);
(d) Measures to uphold the authority of the 1925 Geneva Protocol (resolution
57/62 of 22 November 2002);
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(e) Relationship between disarmament and development (resolution 57/65 of
22 November 2002 and decision 58/520 of 8 December 2003);
(f) Mongolia’s international security and nuclear-weapon-free status
(resolution 57/67 of 22 November 2002);
(g) Missiles (resolutions 57/71 of 22 November 2002 and 58/37 of
8 December 2003);
(h) Compliance with arms limitation and disarmament and non-proliferation
agreements (resolution 57/86 of 22 November 2002);
(i) Regional disarmament (resolution 58/38 of 8 December 2003);
(j) Conventional arms control at the regional and subregional levels
(resolution 58/39 of 8 December 2003);
(k) Improving the effectiveness of the methods of work of the First
Committee (resolution 58/41 of 8 December 2003);
(l) National legislation on transfer of arms, military equipment and dual-use
goods and technology (resolution 58/42 of 8 December 2003);
(m) Confidence-building measures in the regional and subregional context
(resolution 58/43 of 8 December 2003);
(n) Promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and nonproliferation
(resolution 58/44 of 8 December 2003);
(o) Observance of environmental norms in the drafting and implementation
of agreements on disarmament and arms control (resolution 58/45 of
8 December 2003);
(p) Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on
the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons (resolution 58/46
of 8 December 2003);
(q) Reducing nuclear danger (resolution 58/47 of 8 December 2003);
(r) Measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass
destruction (resolution 58/48 of 8 December 2003);
(s) Nuclear-weapon-free southern hemisphere and adjacent areas (resolution
58/49 of 8 December 2003);
(t) Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world: a new agenda (resolution 58/51 of
8 December 2003);
(u) Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the
Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and
on Their Destruction (resolution 58/52 of 8 December 2003);
(v) Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use,
Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on
Their Destruction (resolution 58/53 of 8 December 2003);
(w) Transparency in armaments (resolution 58/54 of 8 December 2003);
(x) Nuclear disarmament (resolution 58/56 of 8 December 2003);
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(y) Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and
collecting them (resolution 58/58 of 8 December 2003);
(z) The illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects
(resolution 58/241 of 23 December 2003);
(aa) United Nations conference to identify ways of eliminating nuclear
dangers in the context of nuclear disarmament (decision 58/517 of
8 December 2003);
(bb) Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in Central Asia (decision
58/518 of 8 December 2003);
(cc) Consolidation of peace through practical disarmament measures (decision
58/519 of 8 December 2003);
(dd) Convening of the fourth special session of the General Assembly devoted
to disarmament (decision 58/521 of 8 December 2003).
67. Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the Twelfth
Special Session of the General Assembly:
(a) United Nations Disarmament Information Programme (resolution 57/90
of 22 November 2002);
(b) United Nations disarmament fellowship, training and advisory services
(resolution 57/93 of 22 November 2002);
(c) United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and
Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (resolution 58/60 of
8 December 2003);
(d) United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa
(resolution 58/61 of 8 December 2003);
(e) United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and
the Pacific (resolution 58/62 of 8 December 2003);
(f) United Nations regional centres for peace and disarmament (resolution
58/63 of 8 December 2003);
(g) Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons (resolution
58/64 of 8 December 2003);
(h) Regional confidence-building measures: activities of the United Nations
Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa
(resolution 58/65 of 8 December 2003).
68. Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted
by the General Assembly at its tenth special session:
(a) Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters (resolution 38/183 O of
20 December 1983);
(b) United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (resolution 39/148 H
of 17 December 1984);
(c) Report of the Conference on Disarmament (resolution 58/66 of
8 December 2003);
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(d) Report of the Disarmament Commission (resolution 58/67 of 8 December
2003).
69. The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East (resolution 58/68 of
8 December 2003).
70. Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional
Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have
Indiscriminate Effects (resolution 58/69 of 8 December 2003).
71. Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region
(resolution 58/70 of 8 December 2003).
72. Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (resolution 58/71 of 8 December
2003).
73. Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling
of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction
(resolution 58/72 of 8 December 2003).
74. Effects of atomic radiation (resolution 58/88 of 9 December 2003).
75. International cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space (resolution 58/89
of 9 December 2003).
76. United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near
East (resolutions 58/91 to 58/95 of 9 December 2003).2
77. Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the
Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied
Territories (resolutions 58/96 to 58/100 of 9 December 2003).
78. Comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all
their aspects (resolution 58/315 of 1 July 2004).
79. Questions relating to information (resolutions 58/101 A and B of 9 December
2003).
80. Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e
of the Charter of the United Nations (resolution 58/102 of 9 December 2003).
81. Economic and other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the
Non-Self-Governing Territories (resolution 58/103 of 9 December 2003).
82. Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to
Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the
international institutions associated with the United Nations (resolution 58/104
of 9 December 2003).
83. Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of
Non-Self-Governing Territories (resolution 58/105 of 9 December 2003).
84. Question of the Malagasy islands of Glorieuses, Juan de Nova, Europa and
Bassas da India (decision 58/503 A of 19 September 2003).
85. Macroeconomic policy questions:
(a) International trade and development (resolutions 1995 (XIX) of 30 December
1964, 55/182 of 20 December 2000 and 58/197 of 23 December 2003);
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(b) International financial system and development (resolution 58/202 of
23 December 2003);
(c) External debt crisis and development (resolution 58/203 of 23 December
2003);
(d) Commodities (resolutions 57/236 of 20 December 2002 and 58/204 of
23 December 2003).
86. Follow-up to and implementation of the outcome of the International
Conference on Financing for Development (resolutions 57/272 of
20 December 2002 and 58/230 of 23 December 2003).
87. Sustainable development (resolutions 2997 (XXVII) of 15 December 1972,
39/229 of 18 December 1984, 57/251 and 57/252 of 20 December 2002 and
58/209 of 23 December 2003):10
(a) Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further
Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on
Sustainable Development (resolutions 47/191 of 22 December 1992 and
58/218 of 23 December 2003 and Economic and Social Council
resolution 2000/35 of 18 October 2000);
(b) Further implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable
Development of Small Island Developing States (resolutions 57/261 of
20 December 2002 and 58/213 A of 23 December 2003);11
(c) International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (resolutions 57/255 of
20 December 2002 and 58/214 and 58/215 of 23 December 2003);2
(d) Protection of global climate for present and future generations of
mankind (resolution 58/243 of 23 December 2003);
(e) Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat
Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or
Desertification, Particularly in Africa (resolution 58/242 of 23 December
2003);
(f) Convention on Biological Diversity (resolution 58/212 of 23 December
2003);
(g) United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
(resolution 58/219 of 23 December 2003).
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10 The title of this item in the provisional agenda is worded as it appears in the provisional
programme of work of the Second Committee for 2004 approved by the General Assembly in its
decision 58/553 of 23 December 2003. The General Assembly had earlier, in resolutions 58/213,
58/214, 58/215 and 58/219 of 23 December 2003, used the title “Environment and sustainable
development”.
11 The title of this sub-item in the provisional agenda is worded as it appears in the provisional
programme of work of the Second Committee for 2004 approved by the General Assembly in its
decision 58/553 of 23 December 2003. The General Assembly had earlier decided, in resolution
58/213 of 23 December 2003, to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-ninth session,
under the item entitled “Environment and sustainable development”, a sub-item entitled
“Further implementation of the outcome of the Global Conference on the Sustainable
Development of Small Island Developing States: follow-up of the outcomes of the International
Meeting to review the implementation of the Barbados Programme of Action”.
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88. Implementation of the outcome of the Second United Nations Conference on
Human Settlements (Habitat II) and of the twenty-fifth special session of the
General Assembly (resolution 58/226 of 23 December 2003).12
89. Globalization and interdependence (resolution 57/237 of 20 December 2002
and decision 58/545 of 23 December 2003):
(a) Globalization and interdependence (resolution 58/225 of 23 December
2003);
(b) International migration and development (resolution 58/208 of
23 December 2003);
(c) Preventing and combating corrupt practices and transfer of funds of illicit
origin and returning such assets to the countries of origin (resolution
58/205 of 23 December 2003);13
(d) Culture and development (resolution 57/249 of 20 December 2002);
(e) Integration of the economies in transition into the world economy
(resolutions 48/181 of 21 December 1993 and 57/247 of 20 December
2002).
90. Groups of countries in special situations:
(a) Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries
(resolutions 57/276 of 20 December 2002 and 58/228 of 23 December 2003
and Economic and Social Council resolution 2003/17 of 22 July 2003);
(b) Specific actions related to the particular needs and problems of landlocked
developing countries: outcome of the International Ministerial Conference
of Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries and Donor Countries
and International Financial and Development Institutions on Transit
Transport Cooperation (resolution 58/201 of 23 December 2003).
91. Eradication of poverty and other development issues (resolution 50/130 of
20 December 1995):
(a) Implementation of the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of
Poverty (1997-2006) (resolutions 58/221 and 58/222 of 23 December 2003);
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12 The title of this item in the provisional agenda is worded as it appears in the provisional
programme of work of the Second Committee for 2004 approved by the General Assembly in its
decision 58/553 of 23 December 2003. The General Assembly had earlier decided, in resolution
58/226 of 23 December 2003, to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-ninth session an
item entitled “Special session of the General Assembly for an overall review and appraisal of
the implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements
(Habitat II) and the strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UNHabitat)”.
13 The title of this sub-item in the provisional agenda is worded as it appears in the provisional
programme of work of the Second Committee for 2004 approved by the General Assembly in its
decision 58/553 of 23 December 2003. The General Assembly had earlier decided, in resolution
58/205 of 23 December 2003, to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-ninth session a
sub-item entitled “Preventing and combating corrupt practices and transfer of funds and assets
of illicit origin and returning such funds and assets to the countries of origin”.
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(b) Women in development (resolutions 42/178 of 11 December 1987,
54/210 of 22 December 1999, 56/188 of 21 December 2001 and 58/206
of 23 December 2003);
(c) Industrial development cooperation (resolution 57/243 of 20 December
2002).
92. Operational activities for development:
(a) Operational activities for development of the United Nations system
(resolution 39/125 of 14 December 1984);
(b) Triennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for
development of the United Nations system (resolutions 35/81 of
5 December 1980 and 56/201 of 21 December 2001 and decision 57/548
of 20 December 2002 and Economic and Social Council resolution
2003/3 of 11 July 2003).
93. Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian
Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied
Syrian Golan over their natural resources (resolution 58/229 of 23 December
2003 and Economic and Social Council resolution 2003/59 of 24 July 2003).
94. Training and research:
(a) United Nations Institute for Training and Research (resolutions 1934
(XVIII) of 11 December 1963 and 58/223 of 23 December 2003);
(b) United Nations University (resolutions 3081 (XXVIII) of 6 December
1973, 48/162 of 20 December 1993 and 57/267 of 20 December 2002 and
decision 52/450 of 18 December 1997).
95. Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development
and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly (resolution
58/130 of 22 December 2003).
96. Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation
and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family:
(a) Social development, including questions relating to the world social
situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family (resolutions
57/164 of 18 December 2002 and 58/15 of 3 December 2003);
(b) United Nations Literacy Decade: education for all (resolution 57/166 of
18 December 2002).
97. Follow-up to the International Year of Older Persons: Second World Assembly
on Ageing (resolution 58/134 of 22 December 2003).
98. Crime prevention and criminal justice (resolutions 58/4 of 31 October 2003
and 58/135, 58/136 and 58/138 to 58/140 of 22 December 2003).
99. International drug control (resolutions 48/112 of 20 December 1993 and
58/141 of 22 December 2003).
100. Advancement of women (resolutions 34/180 of 18 December 1979, 39/125 of
14 December 1984, 57/176, 57/179 and 57/181 of 18 December 2002, 57/311
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of 18 June 2003, 58/144 and 58/185 of 22 December 2003 and 58/244 of
23 December 2003).
101. Implementation of the outcome of the Fourth World Conference on Women
and of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, entitled
“Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first
century” (resolutions 50/203 of 22 December 1995, 57/182 of 18 December
2002 and 58/148 of 22 December 2003).
102. Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, questions
relating to refugees, returnees and displaced persons and humanitarian
questions (resolutions 428 (V) of 14 December 1950, 57/184 of 18 December
2002, and 58/149, 58/151 and 58/153 of 22 December 2003).
103. Promotion and protection of the rights of children (resolutions 44/25 of
20 November 1989 and 58/157 of 22 December 2003).
104. Programme of activities for the International Decade of the World’s Indigenous
People, 1995-2004 (resolutions 57/192 of 18 December 2002 and 58/158 of 22
December 2003).
105. Elimination of racism and racial discrimination:
(a) Elimination of racism and racial discrimination (resolutions 2106 A (XX)
of 21 December 1965, 3380 (XXX) of 10 November 1975, 56/266 of
27 March 2002, 57/194 of 18 December 2002 and 58/159 and 58/160 of
22 December 2003);
(b) Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration
and Programme of Action (resolution 58/160 of 22 December 2003).
106. Right of peoples to self-determination (resolutions 58/161 and 58/162 of
22 December 2003).
107. Human rights questions:
(a) Implementation of human rights instruments (resolutions 2200 A (XXI)
of 16 December 1966, 39/46 of 10 December 1984, 57/202 of
18 December 2002 and 58/164 and 58/166 of 22 December 2003);
(b) Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving
the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms
(resolutions 57/207, 57/210, 57/211, 57/213 to 57/215, 57/221 and
57/227 of 18 December 2002 and 58/168, 58/170 to 58/173, 58/176,
58/178, 58/181, 58/184 to 58/188, 58/190 and 58/193 of 22 December
2003 and 58/246 of 23 December 2003);2
(c) Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and
representatives (resolutions 58/195 and 58/196 of 22 December 2003 and
58/247 of 23 December 2003);
(d) Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Vienna Declaration
and Programme of Action (resolution 48/121 of 20 December 1993);
(e) Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
(resolution 48/141 of 20 December 1993).
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108. Financial reports and audited financial statements, and reports of the Board of
Auditors (resolutions 58/249 A of 23 December 2003 and 58/249 B of 18 June
2004):
(a) United Nations;
(b) United Nations Development Programme;
(c) United Nations Children’s Fund;
(d) United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the
Near East;
(e) United Nations Institute for Training and Research;
(f) Voluntary funds administered by the United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees;
(g) Fund of the United Nations Environment Programme;
(h) United Nations Population Fund;
(i) United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation;
(j) Fund of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme;
(k) United Nations Office for Project Services;
(l) International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for
Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the
Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991;
(m) International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible
for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian
Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens
Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in the
Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January and 31 December 1994.
109. Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the
United Nations (resolutions 57/279 of 20 December 2002, 57/281 B of 18 June
2003 and 58/276 to 58/278 of 23 December 2003 and decision 58/564 B of
8 April 2004).
110. Programme budget for the biennium 2004-2005 (resolutions 56/285 of 27 June
2002, 57/292 of 20 December 2002, 57/311 of 18 June 2003, 58/242, 58/243,
58/253, 58/255, 58/267 A, 58/270, 58/272 and 58/273 of 23 December 2003,
58/283 and 58/284 of 8 April 2004 and 58/294 and 58/295 of 18 June 2004 and
decisions 57/562 of 20 December 2002, 57/589 of 18 June 2003 and 58/564 C
of 18 June 2004).
111. Programme planning (resolution 58/268 of 23 December 2003).2
112. Improving the financial situation of the United Nations.
113. Administrative and budgetary coordination of the United Nations with the
specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency (decision
57/557 of 20 December 2002).
114. Pattern of conferences (resolution 58/250 of 23 December 2003).2
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115. Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United
Nations (resolution 58/1 B of 23 December 2003).2
116. Human resources management (resolutions 57/281 B of 18 June 2003 and
57/305 of 15 April 2003, 58/270 of 23 December 2003 and 58/296 of 18 June
2004 and decisions 58/564 B of 8 April 2004 and 58/568 of 18 June 2004).
117. Joint Inspection Unit (resolutions 57/284 of 20 December 2002 and 58/286 of
8 April 2004).
118. United Nations common system (resolutions 57/285 of 20 December 2002 and
58/251 of 23 December 2003).
119. United Nations pension system (resolution 57/286 of 20 December 2002).
120. Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the Office of Internal
Oversight Services (resolutions 48/218 B of 29 July 1994 and 54/244 of
23 December 1999 and decision 58/564 B of 8 April 2004).14
121. Review of the implementation of General Assembly resolutions 48/218 B and
54/244 (resolution 54/244 of 23 December 1999).
122. Administration of justice at the United Nations (resolutions 57/307 of 15 April
2003 and 58/87 of 9 December 2003).
123. Financing of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons
Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International
Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan
Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in
the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January and 31 December 1994
(resolutions 58/253 of 23 December 2003 and 58/295 of 18 June 2004).
124. Financing of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons
Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law
Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 (resolution
58/255 of 23 December 2003).
125. Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations
peacekeeping operations (resolutions 57/314, 57/318 and 57/321 of 18 June
2003, 58/288 of 8 April 2004 and 58/295 to 58/299 of 18 June 2004 and
decisions 58/567 of 8 April 2004 and 58/564 C of 18 June 2004).
126. Financing of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission and the United
Nations Observer Mission in Angola.15
127. Financing of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina
(resolution 58/300 of 18 June 2004).
128. Financing of the United Nations Mission in Côte d’Ivoire.9
129. Financing of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (resolutions
58/295 and 58/301 of 18 June 2004).
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14 This item remains also on the agenda of the fifty-eighth session (see A/58/PV.83).
15 This item, which has not yet been considered by the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth
session, remains on the agenda of that session (decision 58/503 A of 16 September 2003). Its
inclusion in the draft agenda of the fifty-ninth session is subject to any action that the Assembly
may take on it at its fifty-eighth session.
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130. Financing of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo (resolutions 58/259 B and 58/295 of 18 June 2004).
131. Financing of the United Nations Mission in East Timor.15
132. Financing of the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (resolutions
58/260 B and 58/295 of 18 June 2004).
133. Financing of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (resolutions
58/295 and 58/302 of 18 June 2004).
134. Financing of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (resolutions
58/295 and 58/303 of 18 June 2004).
135. Financing of the activities arising from Security Council resolution 687 (1991):
(a) United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (resolution 58/304 of
18 June 2004);
(b) Other activities.
136. Financing of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
(resolution 58/305 of 18 June 2004).
137. Financing of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (resolution 58/261 B of
18 June 2004).
138. Financing of the United Nations peacekeeping forces in the Middle East:
(a) United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (resolutions 58/295 and
58/306 of 18 June 2004);
(b) United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (resolutions 58/295 and 58/307
of 18 June 2004).
139. Financing of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (resolutions 58/295
and 58/308 of 18 June 2004).
140. Financing of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western
Sahara (resolutions 58/295 and 58/309 of 18 June 2004).
141. Nationality of natural persons in relation to the succession of States (resolution
55/153 of 12 December 2000).
142. Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts (resolution 56/83 of
12 December 2001).
143. Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and
relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts (resolution 57/14 of
19 November 2002).
144. Consideration of effective measures to enhance the protection, security and
safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives (resolution
57/15 of 19 November 2002).
145. Convention on jurisdictional immunities of States and their property
(resolution 58/74 of 9 December 2003).
146. Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the
work of its thirty-seventh session (resolution 58/75 of 9 December 2003).
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147. Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its fifty-sixth
session (resolution 58/77 of 9 December 2003).
148. Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country (resolution 58/78
of 9 December 2003).
149. International Criminal Court (resolution 58/79 of 9 December 2003).
150. Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on
the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization (resolutions 58/80 of
9 December 2003 and 58/248 of 23 December 2003).
151. Measures to eliminate international terrorism (resolution 58/81 of 9 December
2003).
152. Scope of legal protection under the Convention on the Safety of United
Nations and Associated Personnel (resolution 58/82 of 9 December 2003).
153. International convention against the reproductive cloning of human beings
(decision 58/523 of 9 December 2003).
154. Observer status for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in the General
Assembly (item proposed by China (A/59/141)).
155. Observer status for the Southern African Development Community in the General
Assembly (item proposed by the United Republic of Tanzania (A/59/142)).
156. Financing of the United Nations Operation in Burundi (resolution 58/312 of
18 June 2004).
157. Financing of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (resolution 58/310
of 18 June 2004).
158. Financing of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (resolution
58/311 of 18 June 2004).