General Assembly: No name

6 October 1997

Press Release
GA/SPD/107

TRANSFER OF DECOLONIZATION UNIT OUT OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT UNDERMINES UN DECOLONIZATION PROGRAMME, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19971006 Speakers Oppose Unit's Transfer to General Assembly Affairs Department, as Fourth Committee Begins Debate on Decolonization Issues

6 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3036

SPEAKERS IN LEGAL COMMITTEE WELCOME ADOPTION OF UNCITRAL'S MODEL LAW ON CROSS-BORDER INSOLVENCY

19971006 Chairman of UNCITRAL Calls for More Resources for Its Secretariat, Greater Efforts to Make Commission's Texts Known in Developing Countries

6 October 1997

Press Release
GA/AB/3166

6 October 1997

Press Release
GA/9325

UNITED NATIONS REFORM CONTINUES TO DOMINATE DISCUSSION IN ASSEMBLY, AS GENERAL DEBATE ENTERS THIRD WEEK

19971006 Foreign Ministers of Guinea-Bissau, Bhutan, Suriname, Botswana and Grenada Address Assembly

6 October 1997

Press Release
GA/9324

PRESIDENT OF CYPRUS, IN ASSEMBLY ADDRESS, INSISTS RIGHT TO DEFENCE, WILL NOT BE RELINQUISHED IN SEARCH FOR LASTING SOLUTION

19971006 Statements Also Made by Foreign Affairs Ministers of San Marino, Barbados, Gambia, Mongolia; Representatives of Djibouti, Azerbaijan

3 October 1997

Press Release
GA/AB/3165

$65 MILLION TO BE PAID SOON TO STATES CONTRIBUTING PEACEKEEPING TROOPS AND EQUIPMENT, FIFTH COMMITTEE IS TOLD

19971003 Committee Apprised of UN Financial Situation; Discusses Human Resources Management

3 October 1997

Press Release
GA/9323

JORDANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF CONFIDENCE-BUILDING TO ACHIEVE SECURITY IN MIDDLE EAST

19971003 Assembly Also Hears Foreign Ministers of Madagascar, Maldives, Solomon Islands, Guinea, Yemen, Republic of Congo

3 October 1997

Press Release
GA/9322

FOREIGN MINISTERS OF OMAN, SRI LANKA, ETHIOPIA, AUSTRALIA, RWANDA SPEAK IN ASSEMBLY'S GENERAL DEBATE

19971003 Prime Minister of St. Lucia Addresses Assembly

2 October 1997

Press Release
GA/9321

PLAGUE OF LANDMINES HINDERS AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, FOREIGN MINISTERS OF MOZAMBIQUE, CHAD TELL GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19971002 Foreign Ministers of Senegal, Iraq, Côte d'Ivoire, Burundi; Deputy Foreign Minister of Democratic People's Republic of Korea Also Speak

2 October 1997

Press Release
GA/9320

ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS TO SMALL NATIONS IN CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC REGIONS AMONG ISSUES HIGHLIGHTED, AS ASSEMBLY DEBATE CONTINUES

19971002 Prime Minister of Dominica; Foreign Ministers of Qatar, Belarus, Mali, Gabon, Marshall Islands, Liberia; Zambia's Minister of Tourism Make Statements