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GA/AB/3355

FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXTS ON UNITED NATIONS MISSIONS IN SIERRA LEONE, UNTAET, SUPPORT ACCOUNT, RATE OF ASSESSMENT FOR KIRIBATI, NAURU AND TONGA

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GA/9693

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM

As the General Assembly concluded its consideration of the reform of the Security Council this afternoon, a number of speakers emphasized that despite six years having elapsed since its establishment, the high-level working group on the question of the equitable representation on an increase in the membership of the Security Council had achieved very little.

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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