General Assembly: Press Release

19 December 1997

Press Release
GA/AB/3209

FIFTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS REVISING SALARIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL AND UNDP ADMINISTRATOR

19971219 Budgetary Implications of Draft Resolution On Reform To Be Considered in Proposed 1998-1999 Budget

19 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9388

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, ADOPTING SECOND RESOLUTION ON UNITED NATIONS REFORM DECIDES TO ESTABLISH POST OF DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

19971219 Secretary-General Hopes "She Will Join Us Early in New Year'; Package Of Proposals Aims To Begin Process of Revitalizing of World Organization

18 December 1997

Press Release
GA/AB/3208

GENERAL ASSEMBLY WOULD TAKE NOTE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL'S DOWNWARD REVISION OF 1998-1999 BUDGET TO $2.523 BILLION

19971218 According to Fifth Committee Recommendation; Action on Budgetary Implications of United Nations Reform Draft Deferred

18 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9387

GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECIDES TO CONVENE TWO-DAY RESUMED SESSION OF ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE TO ADDRESS 'FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT'

19971218 Adopts 43 Proposals Recommended by Second Committee; Reaches Agreement on Reference to 'Economic Growth'; Acts on El Niño

18 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9386

ASSEMBLY CALLS ON STATES TO LOCATE, REMOVE, DESTROY LANDMINES

19971218

The General Assembly this morning called on Member States to locate, remove, destroy or otherwise render ineffective minefields, mines, booby-traps and other such devices as soon as possible, in accordance with international law. It also invited them to develop national awareness programmes about landmines, especially among children.

18 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9372/

INCREASE IN NUMBER OF PERMANENT SECURITY COUNCIL SEATS WILL SERVE INTERESTS OF ONLY FEW COUNTRIES, ITALY TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19971218 CORRECTION

In the summary of the statement of Francesco Paolo Fulci (Italy) in Press Release GA/9372, dated 4 December, the first sentence of the first complete paragraph on page 10 should read as follows:

17 December 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3068*

ASSEMBLY ADOPTION OF INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION AGAINST TERRORIST BOMBINGS IS CLIMAX TO WORK OF SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE

19971217 Action also Taken on International Criminal Court, Host Country Relations, Consequences of Sanctions, Cross-Border Insolvency, Law Decade, Related Issues

17 December 1997

Press Release
GA/AB/3207

INTRODUCTION OF PERFORMANCE AWARD SYSTEM FOR UN STAFF APPROVED BY FIFTH COMMITTEE

19971217 $7.9 Million Needed if Assembly Adopts Draft Resolutions on Haiti and Central America

17 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9385

STATES CALLED UPON TO PROVIDE DEMINING ASSISTANCE BY TEXT INTRODUCED IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19971217

Assembly Begins Debate on Mine Clearance; Speakers Stress Humanitarian Crisis Not Ended by Ottawa Convention

16 December 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3461*

HUMAN RIGHTS DOMINATES THIRD COMMITTEE AGENDA, WITH DEBATE OVER INTEGRATION OF ECONOMIC, POLITICAL RIGHTS

19971216 Of 78 Proposals, 30 Devoted to Human Rights Issues; Right to Development Reaffirmed as Fundamental Human Right