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GA/COL/2973*

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION CONCLUDES 1997 SESSION

16 September 1997


Press Release
GA/COL/2973*


SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION CONCLUDES 1997 SESSION

19970916

Administering Powers were urged to take effective measures to safeguard and guarantee the inalienable right of the peoples in Territories under their administration to their natural resources, by the terms of one of three proposals approved by the Special Committee on decolonization this morning, as it concluded its work for the year.

GA/9297

CURRENT GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION CAN MARK BEGINNING OF NEW ERA IN UNITED NATIONS HISTORY, PRESIDENT TELLS OPENING MEETING

16 September 1997


Press Release
GA/9297


CURRENT GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION CAN MARK BEGINNING OF NEW ERA IN UNITED NATIONS HISTORY, PRESIDENT TELLS OPENING MEETING

19970916 Says Members Have Chance to Revitalize World Body To Meet Mounting Challenges, 'Reunite the United Nations'

Following is the text of the inaugural address given today by Hennadiy Udovenko, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, as President of the fifty- second session of the General Assembly:

GA/9294

GENERAL ASSEMBLY BEGINS FIFTY-SECOND SESSION

16 September 1997


Press Release
GA/9294


GENERAL ASSEMBLY BEGINS FIFTY-SECOND SESSION

19970916

The fifty-second General Assembly could be "a watershed session" in which Member States would have the chance to revitalize the United Nations and enable it to address the mounting challenges it faced, its newly-elected President, Hennadiy Udovenko (Ukraine), said at the opening meeting this afternoon.

GA/9290

COUNCIL, ONLY UN BODY WITH EXECUTIVE POWERS

10 September 1997


Press Release
GA/9290
PI/1028


COUNCIL, ONLY UN BODY WITH EXECUTIVE POWERS

19970910 In Address to DPI/NGO Conference, Razali Ismail (Malaysia) Says Governments/NGOs Productive Partnerships Are Exception and Not Norm at UN