General Assembly: Press Release

19 November 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3065

LEGAL COMMITTEE TEXT RECOMMENDS HOLDING CONFERENCE TO ESTABLISH CRIMINAL COURT FROM 15 JUNE TO 17 JULY 1998 IN ROME

19971119

Three Other Texts Approved Concern Law Commission, Immunities of States, Programme for Teaching International Law

19 November 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2799

FIVE DRAFT RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED IN ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE

19971119

19 November 1997

Press Release
GA/AB/3194

18 November 1997

Press Release
GA/SPD/123

CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY STRESSES NEED FOR MORE VIBRANT, RELEVANT COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION, IN FOURTH COMMITTEE STATEMENT

19971118 Information Committee must Address Increasing Gap Between Developed, Developing Countries in Information Technology, Jamaica Says for CARICOM

18 November 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3452

PROPOSAL BY UNITED NATIONS RAPPORTEUR FOR ARMS EMBARGO IN GREAT LAKES REGION OF AFRICA CHALLENGED BY UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

19971118 Effort To Infringe on Sovereignty, Social Committee Told In Human Rights Debate; Text Adopted on Unaccompanied Refugee Children

18 November 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3451

HUMAN RIGHTS IMPLEMENTATION SHOULD STRESS COOPERATION, NOT CONFRONTATION, AUSTRALIA TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE

19971118 Japan Says Accusations Will Not Result in Needed Dialogue; Fifteen Speakers Address Committee on Wide Range of Human Rights Issues

18 November 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3064

IMPORTANCE OF EFFECTIVE NEGOTIATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES UNDERLINED BY LEGAL COMMITTEE TEXT

19971118 Two Other Drafts, Also Approved without Vote, Concern UN Law Decade, 1999 Centennial of First International Peace Conference

17 November 1997

Press Release
GA/SPD/122

ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION STRESSES CRUCIAL IMPORTANCE OF HIGH-QUALITY PUBLIC OUTREACH

19971117

Cites Need to Keep Public Well-Informed of United Nations Efforts to 'Make a Difference in Their Lives', To Ensure Support

17 November 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3450

SOCIAL COMMITTEE SAYS ASSEMBLY SHOULD SEEK GLOBAL ACTION TO PREVENT USE OF CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT

19971117 Convention on Rights of Child Is Cited; Range of Other Measures also Urged

17 November 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3449

ARMS EMBARGO IN GREAT LAKES REGION OF AFRICA CALLED FOR AS SOCIAL COMMITTEE CONTINUES HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW

19971117 Reports Received on Burundi, Iraq, Iran; Representative of Iraq Says Charges of Abuse Based on Allegations of People Hostile to His Country