General Assembly: Press Release

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GA/SPD/182

FOURTH COMMITTEE BEGINS DEBATE ON DECOLONIZATION QUESTIONS

Despite a constructive spirit of dialogue, some administering Powers continued to refuse to form a serious relationship with the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) and to place obstacles in its way, the representative of Cuba told that body, as it met this morning to begin its general debate on decolonization questions.

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GA/SHC/3573

THIRD COMMITTEE ELECTS TWO VICE-CHAIRPERSONS, RAPPORTEUR; BEGINS SUBSTANTIVE WORK FOR FIFTY-FIFTH SESSION

Under-Secretary-General for Economic And Social Affairs Addresses Committee

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GA/L/3142

SIXTH COMMITTEE ELECTS BUREAU, APROVES SCHEDULE OF WORK

The Chairman of the Sixth Committee (Legal) called for a reaffirmation of the importance of legal principles and values in international relations, as the Committee met this morning to organize its schedule for the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly.

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GA/AB/3383

FIFTH COMMITTEE ELECTS VICE-CHAIRMAN

In a short meeting this morning, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) elected, by acclamation, Collen Vixen Kelapile (Botswana) as its third Vice-Chairman, thus concluding the organizational part of this session. The decision was taken following consultations within the Group of African States.

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GA/9779

MILLENNIUM ASSEMBLY’S CHALLENGE: PUT SUMMIT COMMITMENTS INTO ACTION, SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, AS GENERAL DEBATE CONCLUDES

Mauritius, Nicaragua, Rwanda, United Republic of Tanzania, Venezuela, Benin, Equatorial Guninea, Uzbekistan Also Speak

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GA/9778

DEBT FORGIVENESS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STIMULATION IN DEPRESSED AND STAGNANT PARTS OF WORLD, ASSEMBLY TOLD

Assembly Continues General Debate

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GA/9777

GENERAL ASSEMBLY HEARS NINE SPEAKERS ON GLOBAL, REGIONAL OUTLOOK

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GA/EF/2909

SECOND COMMITTEE ELECTS OFFICERS, ADOPTS PROGRAMME OF WORK

The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) this afternoon elected by acclamation Anne Barrington (Ireland) and Mauricio Escanero (Mexico) as Vice- Chairmen. The Committee also adopted its programme of work, as orally amended, for the fifty-fifth session.

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GA/9776

EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE NARCOTIC DRUGS AND COMBAT DRUG-TRAFFICKING DESCRIBED DURING ASSEMBLY DEBATE

The situation in Myanmar had been under unfair scrutiny and the subject of political pressure by a number of powerful countries for quite some time, that country’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, U Win Aung, told the fifty-fifth general session of the General Assembly as it met this afternoon to continue its general debate.

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GA/9775

GLOBALIZATION JUST NEW NAME FOR OLD UNJUST SYSTEM,GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD, AS GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES

Calling globalization “the latest buzzword”, Theo-Ben Gurirab, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Namibia told the General Assembly’s general debate this morning that it was merely a new name for an old, cruel and unjust system that had long been willy-nilly imposed upon the peoples of the Third World.