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GA/9663

NEED FOR EFFECTIVE EMERGENCY DISASTER-RESPONSE CAPABILITY STRESSED AS ASSEMBLY WEIGHS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER-RELIEF ASSISTANCE

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GA/SPD/178

FOURTH COMMITTEE, CONCLUDING WORK FOR CURRENT SESSION, APPROVES THREE TEXTS RELATED TO INFORMATION QUESTIONS

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GA/SHC/3566

CITING TERRORISM AS VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, SOCIAL COMMITTEE CALLS FOR INTERNATIONALISM, REGIONAL COOPERATION AGAINST IT

Assembly Action Sought; Texts Also Approved on Migrants’ Protection, Right to Travel; Progress Is Seen in Iran, Despite Continuing Concern

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GA/SHC/3565

SOCIAL COMMITTEE SEEKS ACTION BY GOVERNMENT OF HAITI AGAINST THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR POLITICALLY MOTIVATED CRIMES

Assembly Would Also Call for Continued Judicial Reforms; Text on UN Institute for Women (INSTRAW) Urges Stronger Support for its Activities

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GA/L/3138

LEGAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS NEW ANTI-TERRORISM CONVENTION MAKING IT A CRIME TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR TERRORIST ACTS

Member States would be urged by the General Assembly to sign and ratify an international convention designed to cut off the sources of funding for terrorist activities, according to a draft resolution approved without a vote this morning by the Sixth Committee (Legal).

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GA/EF/2898

SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFTS ON CONSUMER PROTECTION GUIDELINES, PREPARATIONS FOR REVIEW OF HABITAT AGENDA

Committee Also Hears Introduction of Texts on Financing Of Development, Trade and Development, Business and Development

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GA/9662

SPEAKERS STRESS FINANCIAL CHALLENGE POSED BY LANDMINES AS ASSEMBLY TAKES UP REPORT OF SECRETARY-GENERAL ON ASSISTANCE IN MINE ACTION

As the General Assembly met this afternoon to consider the report of the Secretary-General on assistance in mine action, a number of speakers stressed the financial challenge posed by the number of landmines on the world’s surface.

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GA/9661
REF/1164

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY PLEDGES $195 MILLION FOR UNHCR 2000 NEEDS, PROJECTED AT $933 MILLION

Assembly President Says Developing Countries, Hosts to Large Refugee Communities, Pay Heavy, Unacknowledged Price

Some $195 million was pledged to support the work of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) this morning, at the UNHCR annual pledging conference.

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GA/9660

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON UNIVERSITY FOR PEACE; HEARS INTRODUCTION OF TEXTS RELATED TO SITUATION IN CENTRAL AMERICA

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GA/SPD/177

FOURTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF INFORMATION QUESTIONS

Speakers Address Role of Information in Peacekeeping, Building Information Infrastructure in Developing Countries