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UN General Assembly President Josef Deiss highlights 65th session priorities

18 January 2011 07:30 (UTC +04:00)

According to APA, recapping the Assembly’s activities since the start of its current session, the President said it had adopted 263 resolutions in 74 plenary meetings conducted in a "constructive and cooperative spirit", adding that he had been encouraged by Member States’ attention to global governance and their commitment during the September High-level Meeting on the Millennium Development Goals Summit. Highlighting the Assembly’s priorities in the coming months, the President said the sessionâ€™s priorities coincide with eight priorities outlined by the UN Secretary General, which include sustainable development, secure world, solving the humanitarian crises, protection of human rights, reduction of weapons, extension of women rights and strengthening the UN institutions.
Also this year, Mr. Deiss said, the Assembly would hold informal thematic debates on disaster risk reduction; preparations for the United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, to be held from 30 May to 3 June in Istanbul, Turkey; international migration and development; the "green economy"; and the broader aspects of global governance. It would also hold interactive dialogues on global sustainability and interaction with the Group of Twenty (G-20). Mr. Deiss said he would visit Cameroon from 27 to 29 January, before traveling to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to attend the African Union Summit of Heads of State and Government, scheduled for 30 and 31 January.
Highlighting the Assembly’s priorities in the coming months, the President said it would need to move forward "decisively" on Security Council reform, revitalization of the General Assembly, review of the Human Rights Council, and review of the implementation of resolution 61/16 on strengthening the Economic and Social Council. In addition, the Assembly would hold a high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS in June, as well as high-level meetings in September, during its sixty-sixth session, on non-communicable diseases, desertification and the upcoming 10 year review conference on the 2001 World Conference against Racism, held in Durban, South Africa.