African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (General Assembly resolution 36 4)

1. Decides to establish an open ended ad hoc working group of the General Assembly under the chairmanship of the President of the Assembly, with two vice chairmen to be elected by the working group

The Working Group will submit its report to the Assembly at its fifty ninth session.

Proceedings of the Open ended Working Group during the fifty ninth session of the General Assembly

The President of the General Assembly, Jean Ping (Gabon), served as Chairperson of the Working Group.

Following the deliberations of the Working Group, the General Assembly, in its decision 58 572, decided that the Group should continue its work and should submit a report to the Assembly before the end of the fifty ninth session, including any agreed recommendations.

We have been doing so in the Assembly and in the group of friends of the reform.

The African Group therefore welcomed General Assembly resolution 59 47 and especially paragraphs 2 and 3 thereof.

The Assembly will now hear an address by Mr. Bamanga Tukur, Group Chairman of BHI Holdings Limited.

Working Group of the General Assembly on the issue of the creation of a human rights council

9. Requests the Working Group to submit a report to the General Assembly at its fifty sixth session

The Working Group submitted progress reports to the General Assembly at its forty eighth to fifty eighth sessions.

The expert group is invited to make available its views to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session.

(e) Working group to elaborate a draft declaration in accordance with paragraph 5 of General Assembly resolution 49 214.

The Rio Group views with interest a General Assembly debate on the use of force in accordance with the Charter.

We have been working to that end in the Assembly as well as in the group of friends of reform.

At the fifty ninth session, the Working Group was chaired by the President of the General Assembly, Jean Ping (Gabon).

Requests the Working Group to report on its deliberations and its recommendations for their possible adoption by the General Assembly

It was important that the General Assembly should continue with its efforts, inter alia through the ad hoc working group.

With regard to the establishment of the group of governmental experts mandated by General Assembly resolution 59 86, some Member States suggested that further discussion should be undertaken at the sixtieth session of the General Assembly regarding the mandate and scope of the work of the group of governmental experts.

I am honoured to address the General Assembly today in my capacity as Chairman of the Group of 77 and China.

The draft resolution had been submitted by a large group of assembly members at the initiative of José Rivera and others.

In accordance with paragraph 7 of General Assembly resolution 59 116, the Subcommittee reconvened its Working Group on this agenda item.

Ms. Udo (Nigeria), speaking on behalf of the African Group, said that the Group shared the disappointment expressed by previous speakers about the Secretariat's failure to comply with the decisions of the General Assembly.

Noting the progress made by the Committee through its Working Group in preparing a report for submission to the General Assembly for the review, in accordance with paragraph 31 of Assembly resolution 55 122,

During the fifty ninth session of the General Assembly, the Working Group held nine formal meetings, as well as four informal meetings.

The Assembly should therefore give the working group a consultative aspect in order to continue to address this complex and political issue.

On behalf of the Group of 77 and China, I commend the draft resolution to the General Assembly for adoption by consensus.

A particular thanks goes to the excellent group of vice presidents, who have so skilfully and faithfully helped me lead the General Assembly.

The second International Workshop recommends that the Assembly establish an ad hoc steering group to oversee the execution of the Assessment of Assessments .

At its 9th meeting, on 1 September 2005, the Working Group concluded its work for the fifty ninth session of the General Assembly.

The Council also endorses the request of the Commission to the Working Group to report annually to the Commission and the General Assembly.

Also decides that the ad hoc working group shall submit a report to the General Assembly with specific recommendations at its sixtieth session

In that context, his delegation supported the recommendation that the General Assembly should consider the conclusions submitted by the ad hoc expert group.

The Council also endorses the request of the Commission to the Working Group to report annually to the Commission and the General Assembly.

Decides to establish an ad hoc working group open to all Member States to identify ways to further enhance the role, authority, effectiveness and efficiency of the General Assembly, including building on relevant Assembly resolutions, inter alia, through reviewing the agenda and working methods of the Assembly

Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 58 241, an open ended working group was established in order to negotiate an instrument on marking and tracing.

Also during this Assembly, Mr. Aziz Sadat, President of the Kabul WTC addressed the group on The Role of WTCs in Post Conflict Recovery.

The African Group supported the General Assembly resolution on security enhancement and was ready to play its part in cooperation with all Member States.

The Working Group may wish to take note that in December 2004, the General Assembly adopted the Jurisdictional Immunities Convention (see resolution 59 38).

In accordance with paragraph 16 of General Assembly resolution 59 116, the Subcommittee requested the Working Group of the Whole to consider this issue.

In accordance with paragraph 9 of General Assembly resolution 59 116, the Legal Subcommittee reconvened its Working Group on this item. The Subcommittee endorsed the report of the Working Group (A AC.105 850, para. 116 and annex II).

Group of the Least Developed Countries (on the preparation of the sixtieth session of the General Assembly as regards to LDCs issues and other matters)

The General Assembly decided to respond to the obvious and continuing deterioration in the treatment of migrants by designating international migrants as a vulnerable group.

Representatives, including two Youth, attended the UN General Assembly Session on Children and hosted group suppers and entertainment for Youth from other attending countries (May).