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Press Release
GA/DIS/3164

FIRST COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF DISARMAMENT DRAFT RESOLUTIONS

Text on Fissile Material Treaty Withdrawn

Press Release
GA/DIS/3163

DRAFT TEXT CALLING FOR DISARMAMENT AIMED AT ELIMINATING NUCLEAR WEAPONS APPROVED IN DISARMEMENT COMMITTEE BY VOTE OF 128-0-12

Resolutions Also Approved on Missiles, New Agenda for Disarmament, Transparency in Armaments

Press Release
GA/AB/3338

EXPENDITURE ON HUMAN RIGTHS IS MONEY WELL SPENT, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

Committee Takes up Proposed Programme Budget Part on Human Rights and Humanitarian Assistance

Press Release
GA/AB/3337

NEGATIVE ATMOSPHERE DURING DISCUSSIONS OF INTERNAL OVERSIGHT OFFICE WORK MUST BE OVERCOME, FIFTH COMMITTEE HEARS

The negative atmosphere during Fifth Committee discussions of the work of the Office of Internal Oversight Services must be overcome, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) was told this morning, as it concluded its general discussion of the annual report of that Office.

Press Release
GA/9654

AS ASSEMBLY REITERATES CALL FOR END TO `EXTRATERRITORIAL MEASURES’, CUBA ANNOUNCES $100 BILLION DAMAGE SUIT AGAINST UNITED STATES

Cuba Equates Blockade's Effects with Genocide; United States Calls It Matter of Bilateral Trade Policy

Press Release
GA/SHC/3551

RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT NEEDS RECOGNITION ALONGSIDE OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS, SOCIAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD

Delegates Warn of Risks in Economic Globalization, Urge Efforts to Bridge Growing Gap Between Rich and Poor Countries

Press Release
GA/SHC/3550

SOCIAL COMMITTEE, CONTINUING HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW, IS TOLD PREVENTION STRATEGY NEEDED ON RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE

Schools in Some Nations said to Have ‘Virtual Hymn to Intolerance’ -– Proclaiming Country’s Own Religion as Only One

Press Release
GA/EF/2890

DISASTER-PREVENTION STRATEGIES, SUSTAINABLE-DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES SHOULD BE INTEGRATED, COMMITTEE TOLD

Indonesia Says Implementation of Existing Measures Would Have Minimized Loss of Life, Property Destruction

Press Release
GA/EF/2889/

FINANCIAL BILL FOR DISASTERS SOARING, RELIEF FUNDS INADEQUATE FOR TASK OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL REHABILITATION

CORRECTION

On page 1 of Press Release GA/EF/2889 issued 8 November, the first full paragraph should read:

Press Release
GA/EF/2889

FINANCIAL BILL FOR DISASTERS SOARING, RELIEF FUNDS INADEQUATE FOR TASK OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL REHABILITATION

Speakers In Debate On Disaster-Reduction Decade Stress ‘Indissoluble’ Link of Prevention, Sustainable Development