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General Assembly Session 53 meeting 58

Date16 November 1998
Started10:00
Ended13:10

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A-53-PV.58 1998-11-16 10:00 16 November 1998 [[16 November]] [[1998]] /
The President: Mr. Opertti (Uruguay)
The meeting was called to order at 10.15 a.m.

Agenda item 20 (continued)

Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance

Report of the Secretary-General (A/53/501)
(a) Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations
Report of the Secretary-General (A/53/139)
(b) Special economic assistance to individual countries or regions
Reports of the Secretary-General (A/53/157, A/53/213, A/53/291, A/53/292, A/53/307, A/53/316, A/53/330, A/53/344, A/53/359, A/53/361, A/53/377, A/53/424, A/53/538)
Draft resolutions (A/53/L.26/Rev.2, A/53/L.27, A/53/L.29, A/53/L.30/Rev.1, A/53/L.3l, A/53/L.32, A/53/L.33, A/53/L.36)

(d) Assistance to the Palestinian people

Report of the Secretary-General (A/53/153)
The President

I would like to inform the Assembly that sub-item (c) of agenda item 20, entitled "Emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan", will be considered together with agenda item 45 at a later date.

In connection with sub-item (b) of agenda item 20, eight draft resolutions have so far been submitted to the Assembly: A/53/L.26/Rev.2, entitled "International assistance for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Nicaragua: aftermath of the war and natural disasters"; A/53/L.27, entitled "Assistance to Niger, which is severely affected by floods"; A/53/L.29, entitled "Special emergency assistance to the Comoros"; A/53/L.30/Rev.1, entitled "Assistance to Mozambique"; A/53/L.31, entitled "Assistance for humanitarian relief and the economic and social rehabilitation of Somalia"; A/53/L.32, entitled "International cooperation and coordination for the human and ecological rehabilitation and economic development of the Semipalatinsk region of Kazakhstan"; A/53/L.33, entitled "Assistance for the reconstruction and development of Djibouti"; and A/53/L.36, entitled "Assistance for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Liberia".

I should like to inform members that, in a letter dated 30 September 1998 addressed to me, the Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations, in his capacity as Chairman of the Group of Western European and other States for the month of September, requests that the General Assembly hear in plenary meeting a statement by the observer of Switzerland on agenda item 20, "Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance".

Taking into account the importance attached to the issue under discussion, it is proposed that the General Assembly take a decision on that request.

May I take it that there is no objection to the proposal to hear the observer of Switzerland on this agenda item?

It was so decided.
The President

I call on the representative of Nicaragua to introduce draft resolution A/53/L.26/Rev.2.

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