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GA/DIS/3193

FIRST COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXTS CALLING FOR STRENGHTHENED ABM TREATY, ‘NEW AGENDA’ TO ACHIEVE NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE WORLD

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GA/SHC/3613

NO COUNTRY IMMUNE TO CRITICISM IN AREA OF HUMAN RIGHTS, SAY SPEAKERS IN THIRD COMMITTEE

No country’s human rights record was perfect, and States should offer help rather than blame when it came to ensuring human rights for the world's vulnerable, the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) was told this afternoon as it continued discussing human rights issues.

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GA/SHC/3612

THIRD COMMITTEE HEARS REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS IN IRAN, RWANDA

"I cannot but underline how impressed I am by the present general situation six years after the genocide", Special Representative on the situation of human rights in Rwanda, Michel Moussalli, said of that country this morning as the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) met to continue discussing human rights issues.

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GA/L/3162

STUDY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS WHICH IMPEDE FREE TRADE, MOVEMENT OF CAPITAL IS CALLED FOR IN LEGAL COMMITTEE

Discussion Continues on Law Commission Report On Reservations to Treaties, International Liability Questions

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GA/L/3161

RESERVATIONS TO TREATIES, DRAFT CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL LIABILITY TAKEN UP BY ASSEMBLY’S LEGAL COMMITTEE

Debate Continues on Issues from International Law Commission Report

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GA/DIS/3194

DRAFT RESOLUTION ON ‘PATH TO TOTAL ELIMINATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS’ APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE, AS IT CONCLUDES CURRENT SESSION

Also Approves Texts on Middle East Nuclear Proliferation, Fissile Material, Arms Register, Regional Disarmament, Small Arms

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GA/AB/3399

HIGHLY SKILLED AND MOTIVATED STAFF ESSENTIAL FOR ACHIEVEMENT OF UNITED NATIONS GOALS, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

Committee Takes up Human Resources Management Reform

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GA/9805

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, ON RECOMMENDATION OF SECURITY COUNCIL, ADMITS FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA TO UNITED NATIONS MEMBERSHIP

Decision Taken by Acclamation; Delegates Say Action Gives Hope for Solution to Remaining Problems in Balkans Region

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GA/9804
WFP/1057

OVER $1 MILLION PLEDGED FOR WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME BY SIX MEMBER STATES

Six Member States pledged over $1 million this afternoon during the 2000 United Nations/Food and Agriculture Organization Pledging Conference for the World Food Programme (WFP).

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GA/9803

GENERAL ASSEMBLY BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF CAUSES OF CONFLICT, PROMOTION OF DURABLE PEACE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA

Twenty Speakers Address Issues of Effective Conflict Settlement, Gap between Initiatives and Results, Paucity of Development Resources