Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole, established by the Assembly and which started its work at 11 a.m. in Conference Room 2. The Assembly also took decisions concerning the participation of observers, including Palestine, representatives of UN programmes, specialized agencies and other entities in the UN system, non-governmental organizations and the Chairperson of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. There will be 10 plenary meetings over the five-day period, with two meetings per day starting promptly at 10 a.m. and at 3 p.m. At the same time, it allocated items 8 and 9 to the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole. At 5 p.m., the President will meet with Madame Wu Yi, State Councillor of China.
Today is World Environment Day.
We have only one Earth. Let us, therefore, commit ourselves to ecologically sustainable development and pledge to preserve Planet Earth as a healthy and precious environment for generations of today and generations yet unborn.