Interactive Round Table Sessions to be Chaired by Prime Minister Of Singapore and Presidents of Poland, Venezuela and Algeria
CORRECTION
On page 1a of Press Release GA/COL/3037 of 17 July, the summary of the representative of Irans intervention should read, as follows:
Committee Also Approves Text on Economic Activities Affecting Territories, Adopts Report on Regional Pacific Seminar
Also Approves Texts on New Caledonia and Tokelau
The bombing practice activities of the United States Navy on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques and the issue of the Territory's political status were the main themes during this morning's meeting of the Special Committee on Decolonization as it heard petitioners on the question of Puerto Rico.
On page 7 of Press Release GA/COL/3033 of 11 July 2000, the second paragraph of the summary of the statement by the representative of Iraq should read as follows:
The deleterious effects of colonial activity on the Chamorro people of Guam included the degradation of traditions and the overburdening of educational and health systems, through imposed immigration policies, the Vice-Chairman of the Guam Commission on Decolonization told the Special Committee on decolonization this afternoon.
The General Assembly would reiterate that the only way to put an end to the special and particular colonial situation on the question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) was a peaceful and negotiated settlement of the sovereignty dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom, by the terms of a draft resolution approved without a vote this morning by the Special Committee on decolonization.
GENEVA, 11 July (UN Information Service) -- In Press Release GA/9735 of 29 June 2000, the name of the speaker for Slovakia on page 5 should have read:
PETER MAGVASI, Minister for Labour, Social Affairs and Family of Slovakia.
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