General Assembly: Press Release

23 June 1999

Press Release
GA/COL/3009

DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF EAST TIMOR

19990623

Twenty-one Speakers Address Preparations for August Ballot on Territory's Future

23 June 1999

Press Release
GA/9562

ASSEMBLY, IN PLENARY MEETING, EXTENDS SERVICES OF ONE REMAINING GRATIS PERSONNEL SERVING FORMER YUGOSLAVIA TRIBUNAL UNTIL END OF AUGUST

19990623

Group of 77, Russian Federation Stress Action Should Not Become

Precedent

22 June 1999

Press Release
GA/COL/3008

SPECIAL DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE TAKES UP QUESTIONS RELATED TO EAST TIMOR AND WESTERN SAHARA

19990622 Committee Hears Petitioners on East Timor; Statement Made by POLISARIO Representative

21 June 1999

Press Release
GA/COL/3007/Rev.1*

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION BEGINS RESUMED SESSION, TAKES UP REPORT ON GIBRALTAR

19990621

8 June 1999

Press Release
GA/9561

GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECIDES TO APPROPRIATE SOME $623.6 MILLION FOR 12 ACTIVE UN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

19990608 Also Approves Texts Related to Development and Support Accounts; Decides 'Millenium Summit' Will Begin on 6 September 2000

1 June 1999

Press Release
GA/COL/3006

CARIBBEAN REGIONAL SEMINAR CONCLUDES IN CASTRIES, ST. LUCIA

19990601 Draft Conclusions and Recommendations Contained In Special Decolonization Committee's Report Considered

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

28 May 1999

Press Release
GA/COL/3005

DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE'S CARIBBEAN REGIONAL SEMINAR CONTINUES IN SAINT LUCIA

19990528 Speakers Criticize Administering Powers Lack of Cooperation, Emphasize United Nations Decolonization Efforts Not Complete

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

28 May 1999

Press Release
GA/COL/3004

OFFSHORE BANKING IN ISLAND NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES DISCUSSED IN SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION

19990528 Cayman Islands Says Attempt to Control Banking Through 'Tax Harmonization', 'Transparency' Assault on Offshore Jurisdiction

(Received from a United Nations Information Officer.)

28 May 1999

Press Release
GA/AB/3300

FIFTH COMMITTEE COMPLETES WORK FOR FIFTY-THIRD SESSION, APPROVES TEXTS ON DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT AND CONTINGENT-OWNED EQUIPMENT

19990528 Concluding Second Resumed Session, Committee Also Approves Text on Management Irregularities Causing Financial Losses to Organization

27 May 1999

Press Release
GA/COL/3003

SEMINAR RECOMMENDATIONS MUST HAVE FOLLOW-UP ACTION, SPECIAL DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE TOLD

19990527 Caribbean Regional Seminar Continues; Situation in Falklands/Malvinas, East Timor, Puerto Rico Discussed

(Received from UN Information Officer.)