General Assembly: No name

23 October 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3421

LEGISLATION NOT ENOUGH TO OVERCOME CULTURAL ATTITUDES, PRACTICES INHIBITING EQUAL TREATMENT FOR WOMEN, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

19971023 Committee Concludes Consideration of Women's Advancement, Implementation of Outcome of 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women

23 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3047

DELEGATES DIFFER ON WHETHER STATUTE OF PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT SHOULD COVER CRIME OF 'AGGRESSION'

19971023 Exclusion Would Weaken Body, Some Argue; Others Tell Legal Committee Jurisdiction Should Be Limited to Conduct of Individuals

23 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3046

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE TELLS LEGAL COMMITTEE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT SHOULD NOT BE DIRECT PART OF UNITED NATIONS

19971023 Treaty-Based Scheme for Funding is Suggested; Others Take Different View, Proposing Relationship with Security Council

23 October 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2772

UNCTAD'S TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND ASSEMBLY'S ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE HOLD JOINT MEETING THROUGH LIVE VIDEO HOOK-UP

19971023 UNCTAD's Secretary-General Says Event Demonstrates How Modern Technology Can Serve International Cooperation

23 October 1997

Press Release
GA/DIS/3088

COMPREHENSIVE TEST-BAN TREATY WILL ENCOURAGE GREATER NUCLEAR ARSENAL CUTS, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF PREPARATORY COMMISSION TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE

19971023 Describes Progress in Setting Up International Monitoring System; Iran Says Shortcomings in Treaty Cast Shadow Over Comprehensiveness

23 October 1997

Press Release
GA/AB/3176

22 October 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3420

THIRD COMMITTEE IS TOLD STILL TOO FEW WOMEN OCCUPY SENIOR POSITIONS IN UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT

19971022 In Debate on Beijing Conference Implementation, Delegates Call for Gender Equality in World Organization and at National Level

22 October 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3419

22 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3045

STATUTE OF PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT SHOULD BE BASED ON STATE SOVEREIGNTY PRINCIPLES, LEGAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD

19971022 Croatia Stresses Primacy of National Jurisdictions; Others Take Different Views as Debate Continues on Creation of New Body

22 October 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2771

SPEAKERS IN SECOND COMMITTEE CONDEMN ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS IN PALESTINIAN AND OTHER ARAB TERRITORIES

19971022 Israel's Representative Says Establishment of Settlements Not Intended to Displace Palestinian Inhabitants, and in Practice Had Not Done So