General Assembly: Press Release

10 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9379

ASSEMBLY DEMANDS COMPLETE HALT TO ALL ISRAELI SETTLEMENT ACTIVITIES IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES, ACTING ON FOURTH COMMITTEE REPORTS

19971210 Adopts Texts on Israeli Practices, Palestine Relief Agency, Decolonization, Information, Peacekeeping, Space, Atomic Radiation

9 December 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2808*

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CURRENT PHASE OF ITS WORK

19971209 Approves Texts on Anti-Desertification, Biodiversity, Climate Change Conventions; Decides Not To Take Action on Business and Development

9 December 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2806

SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES SIX DRAFTS ON DEVELOPMENT MATTERS BY VOTE

19971209

9 December 1997

Press Release
GA/AB/3202

FIFTH COMMITTEE DISCUSSES COMPOSITION OF SECRETARIAT, APPROVES TWO DRAFTS ON BUDGETARY EFFECTS OF TEXTS CURRENTLY BEFORE ASSEMBLY

19971209 Approved Drafts Concern Disarmament Research Institute and Economic and Social Council Decisions

9 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9378

GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEFERS ACTION ON PROPOSAL TO ENHANCE STATUS OF PALESTINE OBSERVER AT UNITED NATIONS

19971209 Text Withdrawn after Vote Fails to Nullify Amendment; Six Resolutions Adopted on Question of Palestine, Situation in Middle East

9 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9377

GENERAL ASSEMBLY URGES HALT TO QUALITATIVE NUCLEAR WEAPON IMPROVEMENT, CALLS FOR ELIMINATION OF SUCH WEAPONS IN SPECIFIC TIME FRAME

19971209

Adopts 43 Resolutions, 2 Decisions on First Committee Recommendation; Texts Address Wide Range of Disarmament, International Security Issues

9 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9373/

SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM SHOULD REDRESS LONG-STANDING IMBALANCE IN GEOGRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION, GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS TOLD

19971209 ADDENDUM

On page 13 of Press Release GA/9373 of 4 December, the following summary of the statement of the representatives of Slovenia (preceding the summary of the statement by the representative of San Marino) was inadvertently omitted:

8 December 1997

Press Release
GA/AB/3201

FIFTH COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERING IMPLICATIONS OF REFORM PROPOSALS ON UNITED NATIONS BUDGET AND PROGRAMMES

19971208 Seabed Authority Recommended For Admission in Joint Staff Pension Fund

8 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9376

GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS TOLD RWANDA TRIBUNAL, SMALLER THAN COUNTERPART FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA, IMPORTANT FOR NATIONAL RECONCILIATION

19971208 Delegates Contend Work of Both Bodies Should Presage Permanent International Criminal Court; Situation in Central America also Discussed

8 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9371/

GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS TOLD OF INTERNATIONAL CONCERN TO CONTAIN 'EXPLOSIVE SITUATION' IN MIDDLE EAST CORRECTION

19971208

On page 5 of Press Release GA/9371 of 3 December, on the General Assembly's consideration of the situation in the Middle East, the second sentence of the third paragraph of the statement by Jordan should read, as follows: