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GA/SHC/3416
GENDER ISSUES MUST BE IN MAINSTREAM OF POLICY-MAKING AND NOT ON MARGIN, THIRD COMMITTEE IS TOLD
19971020 Role of Women in All Sectors Is Stressed as Debate Begins On Implementation of Action Programme Adopted at Beijing Conference
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GA/EF/2769
SECOND COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF FINANCING OF DEVELOPMENT
19971020All donors to the United Nations operational activities for development needed to be assured that their contributions were making an impact and were targeted at priority needs, the representative of Australia told the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) this afternoon as it concluded its consideration of the financing of such activities.
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GA/EF/2768
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GA/DIS/3085
'PLAGUE' OF CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS IN AFRICA HIGHLIGHTED IN DISARMAMENT, INTERNATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE
19971020 International Assistance Needed to Combat Illicit Traffic, Say Speakers; Mali, Philippines, Belarus, Ghana, Saudia Arabia, Niger, Gabon Make Statements
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GA/DIS/3082/
DIVERGENT APPROACHES TOWARDS NUCLEAR-WEAPON ELIMINATION HIGHLIGHTED IN FIRST COMMITTEE DEBATE
19971020 Some Speakers Cite Success of Bilateral Negotiations, Others Say Process of Achieving Elimination Must Be MultilateralCORRECTION
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GA/AB/3170
FAILURE TO REDUCE US ASSESSMENTS COULD SERIOUSLY DAMAGE ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH UN, FIFTH COMMITTEE IS TOLD
19971020 Fourteen Speakers Take Part in First Day of Debate on Scale of Assessments
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GA/SPD/112
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GA/SHC/3415
GLOBAL 'ANAESTHESIA' EXISTS TO PAIN OF AGEING, DISABLED, IRAN TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE
19971017 Says Problems Confronting Those Groups 'Global in Scale'; Committee Concludes Consideration of Social Development Issues
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GA/L/3043
SPEAKERS CRITICIZE COERCIVE, UNILATERAL MEASURES TAKEN BY CERTAIN STATES AS LEGAL COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DEBATE ON LAW DECADE
19971017As the Sixth Committee (Legal) this morning concluded its debate on the United Nations Decade of International Law (1990-1999), a number of representatives criticized coercive and unilateral measures taken by certain States and stressed that international law should be upheld.