Canada Says Test-Ban Failure Would Be 'Serious Blow' to Disarmament; Outer Space Arms Race, ABM Treaty, Security Doctrines Also Addressed
Committee Concludes Discussion of Scale of Assessments, Pattern Of Conferences and JIU; Fails To Approve Text on Development Account
While the Security Council's own rules required it to meet in public, the option to meet privately had become the rule rather than the exception, the representative of Mexico told the General Assembly this afternoon, as it continued its consideration of the Council's annual report.
Regional Military Intervention in Kosovo Post-Second World War Europes Biggest Humanitarian Disaster, Says China
Double standards were increasingly used in peacekeeping operations, the representative of China told the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) this afternoon as it continued its general debate on the whole question of peacekeeping in all its aspects.
Capital Punishment Supported by Other Speakers
As delegations generally hailed the legislative achievements of the Decade on International Law (1990-1999), several speakers in the Sixth Committee (Legal) this afternoon stressed the need for the views and concerns of developing nations to be better reflected in future codification efforts.
Delegates Hear Arguments for and against Proposed UN Conference on International Migration and Development
Without Integration of All Countries in World Economy, Developing Countries Cannot Keep Pace with Societies of North
