Speakers at General Assembly Special Session Call for Greater Cooperation, Increases in Aid
Speakers Stress Need to Ensure Globalization Benefits All
Further Efforts Recommended to Spread Benefits of Globalization
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On page 4 of Press Release GA/9723 issued 8 June, the first paragraph of the statement of Poland should read as follows:
Secretary-General Urges Renewed Efforts to Reduce Poverty
A global conference organized to accelerate the momentum towards people- centred development will be held in Geneva from 26 to 30 June.
Assembly Observes Minute of Silence for President Al-Assad Of Syria; Text on UNIFIL Adopted by Recorded Vote of 110-2-0
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Assembly Observes Minute of Silence for President Al-Assad Of Syria; Text on UNIFIL Adopted by Recorded Vote of 110-2-0
Adopts Political Declaration, Further Actions and Initiatives; Assembly President Notes No Backward Movement on Language of Beijing
The special session of the General Assembly -- "Women 2000, Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty-first Century" -- continued its review of the implementation of the Platform for Action adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing, 1995) this morning, hearing from 16 speakers.
