6 December 2000

The General Assembly today adopted the resolution on assistance in mine action. The Assembly also approved the report of the Credentials Committee, which recommended the acceptance of the credentials of 28 countries.

On the recommendation of the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary), the General Assembly today appointed new members to several subsidiary bodies. Those included five members of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Question (ACABQ), seven members of the Committee of Contributions, one member of the Board of Auditors, three members of the Investments Committee, three members of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal and five members of the International Civil Service Commission.

The President also made an announcement concerning the special session on HIV/AIDS, scheduled to be held from the 25 to 27 June 2001. The President has appointed two co-facilitators, Ambassador Penny Wensley of Australia and Ambassador Ibra Ka of Senegal, to assist him in carrying out the preparatory process.

The President met with the Permanent Representative of Nepal, H.E. Mr. Murari Raj Sharma to discuss the follow-up to the Millennium Summit.

Later in the day the President attended a reception hosted by the Consul General of Finland, H.E. Mr. Jukka Leino, on the occasion of the Independence Day of Finland.