At its 2nd plenary meeting, on 17 September 2004, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee as set forth in its first report,18 adopted a number of provisions concerning the organization of the fifty-ninth session.
At its 30th plenary meeting, on 14 October 2004, the General Assembly, on the proposal of the President, and without setting a precedent, decided to hear an introductory statement by the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund at the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development under agenda item 45 entitled “Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major
16 See A/59/351. 17 See A/59/351/Add.1. 18 A/59/250, paras. 4–42.
B.Other decisions
United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields”.
At its 32nd plenary meeting, on 15 October 2004, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee as set forth in its third report,19 decided to consider separately agenda item 21 entitled “The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict” and agenda item 24 entitled “Prevention of armed conflict”.
At its 46th plenary meeting, on 29 October 2004, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee as set forth in its fourth report,20 decided to consider separately agenda item 36 entitled “The situation in the Middle East” and agenda item 37 entitled “Question of Palestine”.
At its 71st plenary meeting, on 10 December 2004, the General Assembly, on the proposal of the President, decided to postpone the date of recess of the fifty-ninth session, originally fixed for Tuesday, 14 December 2004, to Monday, 20 December 2004.
At its 74th plenary meeting, on 20 December 2004, the General Assembly, on the proposal of the President, decided to
further postpone the date of recess of the fifty-ninth session to Thursday, 23 December 2004.
