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GA/9693
20 December 1999


Press Release
GA/9693


GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM

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As the General Assembly concluded its consideration of the reform of the Security Council this afternoon, a number of speakers emphasized that despite six years having elapsed since its establishment, the high-level working group on the question of the equitable representation on an increase in the membership of the Security Council had achieved very little.

GA/9689
16 December 1999


Press Release
GA/9689


GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM

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Speakers Address Veto Privilege and Expansion of Council Membership

If the permanent members of the Security Council agreed to limit the scope of their privileges, they would be giving a tangible sign of their political will to reform the Council and of their desire to adapt it to present realities, the General Assembly was told this afternoon.

GA/9688
16 December 1999


Press Release
GA/9688


ASSEMBLY ADOPTS TEXT ON BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; TAKES UP SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM

19991216

The General Assembly this morning demanded that all parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina facilitate the full implementation of all aspects of the New York Declaration, adopted on 15 November -- in particular, the Principles on the Establishment of a State Border Service -- in a timely manner.