General Assembly: Press Release

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GA/COL/3032

SPECIAL DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE HEARS PETITIONERS FROM NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES

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GA/COL/3031

SPECIAL DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE TAKES UP EAST TIMOR AND WESTERN SAHARA

To achieve a successful transition to East Timorese independence, it would be useful for all parties concerned to set a date for elections and independence, the representative of Portugal said this afternoon as the Special Committee on Decolonization heard petitioners on the question of East Timor.

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GA/COL/3030

SPECIAL DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE ACTS ON THREE TEXTS; HEARS SPEAKERS ON QUESTION OF GIBRALTAR

The Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples took action on three draft resolutions this morning as it held the fifth meeting of its resumed annual session.

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GA/9739

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES SPECIAL SESSION ON FIVE-YEAR FOLLOW UP TO COPENHAGEN SOCIAL SUMMIT

Final Document Calls for Halving Extreme Poverty and Achieving Free and Universal Primary Education by 2015; Reduction of Trade Barriers

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GA/9738

GENEVA SPECIAL ASSEMBLY SESSION ON SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OFFERS BOLD SOLUTIONS TO REDUCE POVERTY AND CREATE JOBS IN GLOBAL ECONOMY

GENEVA, 1 July (UN Information Service) -- Agreement was reached on a wide array of initiatives to reduce poverty and spur job growth in the global economy at the United Nations General Assembly special session on social development that ended today in Geneva.

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GA/9737

GREATER COOPERATION AND COORDINATION URGED BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPING NATIONS

General Assembly Special Session Approaches Conclusion

Foreign ministers and delegates this afternoon continued urging the international community to provide support and resources to the world's developing countries so they did not fall farther behind in the new world economy.

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GA/9736

GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION URGED TO SPREAD WEALTH OF NEW ECONOMIES

GENEVA, 30 June (UN Information Service) -- Delegates and ministers from around the world said this morning it was imperative that the developing and developed nations improve cooperation and coordination to ensure the riches of the new global economy were spread throughout all regions.

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GA/9735

GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS URGE COOPERATION BETWEEN DEVELOPED, DEVELOPING NATIONS

Assessments of Copenhagen Commitments Include Equitable Distribution

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GA/9734

SPEAKERS BEFORE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION URGE COORDINATED RESPONSES TO CAUSES OF POVERTY, MARGINALIZATION

GENEVA, 29 June (UN Information Service) -- Economic globalization required coherent policies to make its effects humane and to distribute its benefits fairly, Government ministers said this morning before a General Assembly Special Session to follow up on the 1995 Copenhagen Social Summit.

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GA/9733

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY NEEDS TO HELP DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FOSTER SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SPEAKERS TELL GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION

Debt Forgiveness among Issues Considered to Close Rich-Poor Gap