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GA/EF/3077
06/10/2004
Press Release
GA/EF/3077

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

6th & 7th Meetings (AM & PM)


INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY URGED TO BOOST AID TO LANDLOCKED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES,


SMALL ISLAND STATES AS SECOND COMMITTEE ENDS GENERAL DEBATE


High Transport Costs, Lack of Sea Access,

Remoteness, Natural Disasters Blamed for Increasing Marginalization


(Issued on 7 October 2004.)

GA/AB/3628
06/10/2004
Press Release
GA/AB/3628

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

3rd Meeting (AM)


BUDGET COMMITTEE DEBATES REFORM OF JOINT INSPECTION UNIT


Emphasizing the great importance of the Joint Inspection Unit as the sole external system-wide oversight body of the Organization, many speakers in the Administrative and Budgetary Committee (Fifth) this morning said it was time to take a decision on the review of the statute and working methods of the Unit.

GA/SHC/3778
05/10/2004
Press Release
GA/SHC/3778

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

3rd & 4th Meetings (AM & PM)


DELEGATES EXPRESS CONCERN OVER NEGATIVE IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION,


AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONTINUES DEBATE ON SOCIAL ISSUES