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Apr 3, 2000 · The Secretary-General grouped the global issues on which States needed to work together under three headings, each of which related to a fundamental human freedom - freedom from want, freedom...
Delegations to the 55th session of the General Assembly 2000 Download
- I. Values and Principles
- II. Peace, Security and Disarmament
- III. Development and Poverty Eradication
- IV. Protecting Our Common Environment
- V. Human Rights, Democracy and Good Governance
- VI. Protecting The Vulnerable
- VII. Meeting The Special Needs of Africa
- VIII. Strengthening The United Nations
1. We, heads of State and Government, have gathered at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 6 to 8 September 2000, at the dawn of a new millennium, to reaffirm our faith in the Organization and its Charter as indispensable foundations of a more peaceful, prosperous and just world. 2. We recognize that, in addition to our separate responsibi...
8. We will spare no effort to free our peoples from the scourge of war, whether within or between States, which has claimed more than 5 million lives in the past decade. We will also seek to eliminate the dangers posed by weapons of mass destruction. 9. We resolve therefore: 1. To strengthen respect for the rule of law in international as in nation...
11. We will spare no effort to free our fellow men, women and children from the abject and dehumanizing conditions of extreme poverty, to which more than a billion of them are currently subjected. We are committed to making the right to development a reality for everyone and to freeing the entire human race from want. 12. We resolve therefore to cr...
21. We must spare no effort to free all of humanity, and above all our children and grandchildren, from the threat of living on a planet irredeemably spoilt by human activities, and whose resources would no longer be sufficient for their needs. 22. We reaffirm our support for the principles of sustainable development, including those set out in Age...
24. We will spare no effort to promote democracy and strengthen the rule of law, as well as respect for all internationally recognized human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the right to development. 25. We resolve therefore: 1. To respect fully and uphold the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 2. To strive for the full protection and...
26. We will spare no effort to ensure that children and all civilian populations that suffer disproportionately the consequences of natural disasters, genocide, armed conflicts and other humanitarian emergencies are given every assistance and protection so that they can resume normal life as soon as possible. We resolve therefore: 1. To expand and ...
27. We will support the consolidation of democracy in Africa and assist Africans in their struggle for lasting peace, poverty eradication and sustainable development, thereby bringing Africa into the mainstream of the world economy. 28. We resolve therefore: 1. To give full support to the political and institutional structures of emerging democraci...
29. We will spare no effort to make the United Nations a more effective instrument for pursuing all of these priorities: the fight for development for all the peoples of the world, the fight against poverty, ignorance and disease; the fight against injustice; the fight against violence, terror and crime; and the fight against the degradation and de...
Since the Millennium+5 Summit, Secretary General Kofi Annan has focused heavily on Secretariat reform, often after pressure to do so from powerful countries like the US. In this report to the General Assembly, Annan lays out his plans for reform, including establishing a new UN ethics office.
Security Council reform was added to the agenda of the General Assembly’s 48th Session. Operative part: 1. Requests the Secretary-General to invite Member States to submit, not later than 39 June 1993, written comments on a possible review of the membership of the Security Council; 2.
The first decade of the United Nations did see some important achievements reflecting the prevailing distribution of power and the working majority led by the United States. The first session of the General Assembly took place in London on January 10, 1946, and it dealt with the issue of nuclear weapons.
This article seeks to make sense of two seemingly contradictory aspects of the General Assembly's practice: its history of recommending to States that they impose unilateral sanctions; and its series of resolutions denouncing unilateral coercive measures as illegal.
