A great deal of progress has been made since the recommendation made by the Secretary General in 2002 and since the adoption of General Assembly resolution 58 241.

These functions have, in fact, been provided since 1999 through general temporary assistance.

The dialogue among civilizations has been on the agenda of the General Assembly since 1998, and since the fifty sixth session in 2001.

The Deputy Secretary General It is almost a year since United Nations troops arrived in Haiti.

Since the establishment of democracy in 1986, five general elections have been held with no major interruptions.

In this regard, the following developments have taken place since the adoption of General Assembly resolution 59 63.

More than 10 years have passed since the Secretary General was first asked by the General Assembly to provide his good offices in facilitating national reconciliation and democratization in Myanmar.

It is almost 60 years since the first session of the General Assembly opened.

Since the General Assembly welcomed NEPAD in 2002, there has been a gradual building of international support for the New Partnership.

The need to expand training for procurement staff has been reiterated in successive General Assembly resolutions on procurement reform since 1996.

Since his appointment, the Secretary General has steered the United Nations with tact and patience.

Since 1980, the General Assembly has annually adopted, by consensus, a resolution on this issue.

Since 2002, the General Assembly has reiterated the mandate of UNODC's Terrorism Prevention Branch (TPB) in providing technical assistance to counter terrorism.

Since the adoption of last year's General Assembly resolution 59 112A B, on Afghanistan, we have made additional gains in various areas.

The 20 reserved seats for women lapsed after the 3rd general elections held in 1988 since the commencing day of the Constitution.

Since its thirty seventh session, the General Assembly has regularly continued its consideration of the item.

Legal Counsellor, Delegation of Morocco at numerous sessions of the United Nations General Assembly (since 1974).

Since the Secretary General and the Special Representative last reported to the Council on the situation in Kosovo in February, significant progress has been achieved.

The situation of human rights in Turkmenistan has been considered both by the Commission on Human Rights and the General Assembly since 2003.

Since the signing of the Ceasefire Agreement over 1,000 indictments under PTA pending in the High Courts were withdrawn by the Attorney General.

Major developments since this report was published will be covered by the annual statement of the Director General of the Agency to the General Assembly.

In that respect, we call on African members of the General Assembly to support this proposal, since it greatly enhances African influence in the Security Council.

Member of CAT, its general rapporteur since 1998 and member of its Sub Committee on individual complaints

Currently, women constitute 21 of the general police force, a moderate decrease since our previous report (23 ).

Since 1990, resolutions on this item have therefore been adopted by the General Assembly without a vote.

The question of Security Council reform has been on the agenda of the General Assembly since 1993.

The emoluments of members of the Court have been reviewed by the General Assembly periodically since 1976.

Since 1997, the general old age pension has been modified and now benefits both men and women.

The Assistant Secretary General, Danilo Turk, briefed the Council on new developments since the report was submitted.

The cycle of meetings (the Commission session in spring the United Nations General Assembly in autumn) is such that the Third Committee of the General Assembly is well placed to consider developments in the interim since the Commission session.

This is my sixth report to the Secretary General since assuming the office of High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 27 May 2002.

Progress has certainly been made since the publication of the first report of the Secretary General on the protection of civilians in armed conflict.

Since its inception, the OIC has been making serious efforts to strengthen ties among Muslim peoples and the peoples of the world in general.

Commends also the achievements of the staff of the General Secretariat of the Academy since the 31st Session of the ICFM held in Istanbul.

The conflict of interest issue would also arise if the review functions were placed in the Executive Office of the Secretary General, since the Secretary General is the final authority on all administrative decisions.

In the year that has elapsed since the last debate of the General Assembly on that issue, several positive developments have taken place in the Middle East.

The Government described in a general manner the legal framework of detention in the country since the changes brought about by the new democratic Constitution of 1992.

Under the Command of Major General György Száraz (Hungary), MINURSO continued to monitor the ceasefire in Western Sahara, which has been in effect since 6 September 1991.

The MTPF for 2004 2007 has been implemented successfully and effectively since its approval by the General Conference.

We must continue to work with the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, since those bodies address humanitarian issues in a comprehensive manner.

Since 1998, we have contributed 588 million to UNRWA's General Fund in support of its educational, health, and employment programmes serving 4.2 million Palestinian refugees.

Since then, Turkey and Spain have been jointly engaged in furthering the initiative, which has also been endorsed by the Secretary General, Mr. Kofi Annan.

Since the General Assembly did not fix assessment rates for 2004 until the end of 2003, however, those assessments were instead issued in early 2004.

This question has appeared as a separate item on the agenda of the General Assembly since its twenty second session, in 1967 (resolution 2311 (XXII)).

Mr. BOUGACHA (Tunisia) proposed that, in the remaining preambular paragraph, the word Recalling should be replaced by Noting , since the General Conference could recall only its own decisions, not the initiatives of the Director General.