In paragraph 72, in connection with item 62 of the draft agenda entitled “Peacebuilding and sustaining peace”, the General Committee decided to recommend its inclusion under heading B, entitled, “Maintenance of international peace and security”.
May I take it that the Assembly approves this recomme…
In paragraph 71, in connection with item 59 of the draft agenda, entitled “Question of the Malagasy islands of Glorieuses, Juan de Nova, Europa and Sassas da India”, the General Committee decided to recommend that consideration of this item be deferred to the seventy-second session of the General As…
I now invite members to turn their attention to section III, dealing with the adoption of the draft agenda. The question of the allocation of items will be dealt with subsequently in section IV.
In section III, the General Committee took note of the information contained in paragraphs 67 to 69. In …
Having just adopted the recommendation in paragraph 21, on waiving the requirements of rules 67 and 108 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly to declare a meeting open, I should like to encourage delegations to be present in the meeting rooms at the scheduled time in order to promote pun…
All other recommendations in section II of the report of the Committee concern established practice, so rather than go through them one by one, I believe it would be beneficial to address as a whole all of the organizational matters concerning the General Assembly. There being no comments on that ap…
I invite the General Assembly to direct its attention to section I of the report of the Committee. In this section, the General Committee takes note of the information contained in paragraph 2.
I request the General Assembly to now direct its attention to section II, entitled “Organization of the s…
I would now like to consult members regarding an extension for the work of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee). Members will recall that at its 2nd plenary meeting, on 21 September 2007, the General Assembly approved the recommendation of the General Committee that …
May I take it that it is the wish of the General Assembly to conclude its consideration of sub-items (a) to (f) of agenda item 114? Programme of work and organization of the session The Acting President: I would like to inform members that, in order to allow time for further consultations on draft…
In paragraph 9 of the same report, the Fifth Committee also recommends, in accordance with paragraph 7 of the annex to resolution 61/275 of 29 June 2007, that the General Assembly appoint the following persons as members of the Independent Audit Advisory Committee for a four-year term of office begi…
The Fifth Committee recommends, in paragraph 8 of its report, that the General Assembly appoint the following persons as members of the Independent Audit Advisory Committee for a three-year term of office beginning 1 January 2008: Mr. Vadim Dubinkin of the Russian Federation, Mr. Vijayendra Nath Kau…
In paragraph 4 of its report, the Fifth Committee recommends that the General Assembly appoint Mr. Agustin Gordillo of Argentina and reappoint Mr. Dayendra Sena Wijewardane of Sri Lanka as members of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal for a four-year term of office beginning on 1 January 200…
In paragraph 4 of its report, the Fifth Committee recommends that the General Assembly appoint the Auditor-General of the General Audit Office of China as a member of the Board of Auditors for a six-year term of office beginning on 1 July 2008.
May I take it that it is the wish of the Assembly to a…
In paragraph 6 of the same report, the Fifth Committee also recommends that the General Assembly reappoint Mr. Ivan Pictet of Switzerland as an ad hoc member of the Investments Committee for a one-year term beginning on 1 January 2008.
May I take it that it is the wish of the Assembly to confirm th…
The Fifth Committee recommends in paragraph 5 of its report that the General Assembly confirm the appointment by the Secretary-General of Mr. Achim Kassow of Germany and the reappointment of Mr. William McDonough of the United States of America and Ms. Hélène Ploix of France as members of the Invest…
In paragraph 4 of the report, the Fifth Committee recommends that the General Assembly appoint the following persons as
members of the Committee on Contributions for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2008: Mr. Joseph Acakpo-Satchivi of Benin; Mr. Abdelmalek Bouheddou of Algeria; Mr…
The Fifth Committee recommends in paragraph 6 of its report that the General Assembly appoint the following persons as members of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2008: Mr. Jorge Flores Callejas of Honduras; Mr. I…
Regarding the remaining vacant seat from among the Latin American and Caribbean States, the President will continue to hold consultations with that regional group.
We have thus concluded this stage of our consideration of sub-item (g) of agenda item 114.
As indicated in document A/62/107, since the terms of office of Austria, China, Egypt, Jamaica, Kenya, Nepal and the United States of America will expire on 31 December 2007, it will be necessary for the President of the General Assembly to appoint, during the current session, seven members in order…
The following 29 States have thus been elected members of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme for a four-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2008: the Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Colombia, the Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Fiji, Finland, Guinea, Hung…
Regarding candidatures, I have been informed by the Chairmen of the regional groups that for the eight seats from the African States, the eight endorsed candidates are Benin, the Congo, Guinea, Mali, Mauritius, the Niger, Somalia and Tunisia.
For the seven seats from the Asian States, the seven end…
