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GA/9692

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUES DEBATE ON SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM WITH FOCUS ON CHANGING VETO, PERMANENT MEMBERSHIP

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GA/AB/3354

FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXTS ON BUDGETS FOR FORMER YUGOSLAV AND RWANDA TRIBUNALS

Committee Also Approves Drafts on United Nations Common System and Human Resources Management

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GA/9691

ASSEMBLY HAILS ONSET OF EAST TIMOR'S TRANSITION TO INDEPENDENCE; CREATES NEW HAITI MISSION, CALLS ON AFGHAN PARTIES FOR DIALOGUE

Other Actions Aimed at Increasing Security of Humanitarian Personnel, Demining Cooperation, Return of Cultural Property; Observer Status Granted to IUCN

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GA/9690

ASSEMBLY ENDORSES INITIATIVES ON TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME, GENDER EQUALITY, ACTION AGAINST RACISM

Action on Third Committee Texts Also Covers Social Development, Drug Control, Refugees, Women’s Issues, Human Rights Violations

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GA/EF/2907

CONCLUDING WORK FOR FIFTY-FOURTH SESSION, SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXTS ON GLOBALIZATION; FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT

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GA/9689

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM

Speakers Address Veto Privilege and Expansion of Council Membership

If the permanent members of the Security Council agreed to limit the scope of their privileges, they would be giving a tangible sign of their political will to reform the Council and of their desire to adapt it to present realities, the General Assembly was told this afternoon.

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GA/9688

ASSEMBLY ADOPTS TEXT ON BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; TAKES UP SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM

The General Assembly this morning demanded that all parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina facilitate the full implementation of all aspects of the New York Declaration, adopted on 15 November -- in particular, the Principles on the Establishment of a State Border Service -- in a timely manner.

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GA/EF/2906

COMMITTEE SAYS INTERESTS OF NON-WTO STATES MUST BE CONSIDERED IN TRADE LIBERALIZATION CONTEXT

Two More Development-Related Decisions Approved; Action on Remaining Draft Resolutions Expected Tomorrow

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GA/AB/3353

FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXTS ON FINANCING UN INTERMIN ADMINISTRATION MISSION IN KOSOVO AND OFFICE OF INTERNAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES

Also Takes Decisions on Level Of Peacekeeping Assessments of Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga

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GA/9687

ASSEMBLY URGES ECONOMIC AID FOR VARIOUS COUNTRIES; SEEKS STRONGER LINKS BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS AND OSCE

Text on Central America also Approved; UN Self-Examination Welcomed as Debate Begins on Situation in Bosnia and Herzergovina