General Assembly: Press Release

22 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3045

STATUTE OF PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT SHOULD BE BASED ON STATE SOVEREIGNTY PRINCIPLES, LEGAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD

19971022 Croatia Stresses Primacy of National Jurisdictions; Others Take Different Views as Debate Continues on Creation of New Body

22 October 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2771

SPEAKERS IN SECOND COMMITTEE CONDEMN ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS IN PALESTINIAN AND OTHER ARAB TERRITORIES

19971022 Israel's Representative Says Establishment of Settlements Not Intended to Displace Palestinian Inhabitants, and in Practice Had Not Done So

22 October 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2770

WORLD MUST REAP BENEFITS OF GLOBALIZATION WITHOUT ERODING CULTURAL DIVERSITY, REPUBLIC OF KOREA TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE

19971022 Coordinator of World Decade for Cultural Development Also Speaks; New Code of Global Ethics, Qualitative Dimensions of Growth Discussed

22 October 1997

Press Release
GA/DIS/3087

RISKS OF MIDDLE EAST NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION HIGHLIGHTED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

19971022 Israel Says True Risk of Proliferation Stems from Iran, Iraq; Other Speakers Cite Israel's Failure to Sign NPT, Abide by IAEA Safeguards

22 October 1997

Press Release
GA/AB/3174

CONSIDERATION OF UN REFORM PROPOSALS SHOULD BE COMPLETED SWIFTLY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN PRESENTING BUDGET TO FIFTH COMMITTEE

19971022 Despite Reduction, Budget Proposal Seeks Increased Resources for Economic and Social Development

Secretary-General Kofi Annan said this afternoon that consideration of his reform proposals should be completed swiftly, as the future of the United Nations was hanging in the balance.

22 October 1997

Press Release
GA/AB/3173

SECRETARY-GENERAL TO PRESENT 1998-1999 BUDGET TODAY AS FIFTH COMMITTEE BEGINS DISCUSSING ITEM

19971022 Background Release

Secretary-General Kofi Annan will present this afternoon his $2.583 billion budget proposal to cover the expenses of the United Nations during the next two years, as the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary Committee) begins its discussion of the subject.

22 October 1997

Press Release
GA/AB/3172

22 October 1997

Press Release
GA/9335

MOZAMBIQUE PRESIDENT URGES CONTINUED INTERNATIONAL AID TO CONSOLIDATE ECONOMIC PROGRESS, EMERGING DEMOCRACY

19971022 Assembly Address Notes Global Investment, Remaining Challenges; Texts Adopted on Stronger Links between United Nations, Regional Groups

21 October 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3418

21 October 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3417