General Assembly: Press Release

3 November 1997

Press Release
GA/9343

ASSEMBLY FAILS TO FILL REMAINING VACANCY ON ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL; FURTHER EFFORT TO BE MADE

19971103 In Three More Ballots, No Member from Latin American And Caribbean Group of Countries Receives Required Vote

31 October 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3431

FIGHT AGAINST CHILD ABUSE MUST NOT REST, KENYA TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE

19971031 Warns of Increased Internet Use for Child Pornography; Committee Concludes Consideration of Rights of the Child

31 October 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3430

WAR AGAINST CHILD LABOUR CAN BE WON WITHIN 15 YEARS, ILO REPRESENTATIVE TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE

19971031 International Labour Organization Seeks Convention By 1999 To Suppress Extreme Forms of Child Labour, He Says

31 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3052

EXAMINATION OF DRAFT ARTICLES ON NATIONALITY AND STATE SUCCESSION CONTINUES IN LEGAL COMMITTEE

19971031 Adopted by International Law Commission at Geneva Session; Some Speakers Suggest Commission Re-examine Right To Choose Nationality

31 October 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2782

DRAFTS INTRODUCED IN SECOND COMMITTEE ON CONVENING OF LDC CONFERENCE IN 2000, DEVELOPMENT DIALOGUE THROUGH PARTNERSHIP, COOPERATION BETWEEN UN AND SADC

19971031 Committee Concludes Consideration of Food And Sustainable Agricultural Development, Outcome of Habitat II

31 October 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2781

31 October 1997

Press Release
GA/AB/3181

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES CONSIDERING PATTERN OF CONFERENCES, JOINT INSPECTION UNIT'S REPORTS; BEGINS DISCUSSING BUDGET SECTIONS

19971031

Utilization of meeting resources, development of technological capabilities and improved translations services were among the topics discussed this morning, as the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) continued its discussion of the Organization's pattern of conferences.

31 October 1997

Press Release
GA/9342

DELEGATES STRESS NEED FOR TOLERANCE, EQUALITY, RESPECT FOR LIFE AS ASSEMBLY OPENS DEBATE ON CREATING `CULTURE OF PEACE'

19971031 Transition from `Culture of War' Said To Be Main Challenge; In Other Action, Resolutions Adopted on Financing UN Missions in Angola, Liberia

30 October 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3429

GAP PERSISTS BETWEEN PRINCIPLES OF CHILDREN'S RIGHTS CONVENTION, DAILY VIOLATION OF THOSE RIGHTS, BRAZIL TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE

19971030 Cites Abuses of Child Pornography, Child Labour, Effects of Conflict; Others Address Declining Conditions in Africa, Poverty and Child Labour

30 October 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3428

ABOMINATION OF CHILDREN BEING BRUTALIZED, FORCED TO BRUTALIZE OTHERS MUST BE STOPPED, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

19971030 Statement by Special Representative on Impact of Armed Conflict on Children Begins Committee's Discussion on Rights of Child