General Assembly: Press Release

30 May 1997

Press Release
GA/COL/2960

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION WOULD URGE SECRETARY-GENERAL TO MAINTAIN ALL FUNCTIONS OF DECOLONIZATION UNIT OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT

19970530 Under Provisions of Draft Introduced by Papua New Guinea; Syria Calls It 'Precautionary' Text To Stress Importance of Decolonization Matters

30 May 1997

Press Release
GA/AB/3152

INVESTIGATORS TO CHECK IMPROVEMENTS AT RWANDA TRIBUNAL IN SEPTEMBER, USG FOR INTERNAL OVERSIGHT TELLS FIFTH COMMITTEE

19970530

The Office of Internal Oversight Services would send auditors and investigators to Arusha and Kigali in September to check improvements in operations and efforts to address management errors in the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) was told this morning.

29 May 1997

Press Release
GA/AB/3151

SUPPRESSED REGULAR BUDGET POSTS SHOULD NOT REAPPEAR UNDER PEACE-KEEPING ACCOUNTS, UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE TELLS FIFTH COMMITTEE

19970529 Representatives Praise Leadership of Outgoing Chairman, Ngoni Francis Sengwe (Zimbabwe); Committee also Discusses Gratis Personnel

28 May 1997

Press Release
GA/COL/2959

CARIBBEAN REGIONAL SEMINAR ON DECOLONIZATION CONCLUDES IN ST. JOHN'S, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

19970528 'In Process of Decolonization There Is No Alternative To Principle of Self-Determination', Seminar States in Conclusions Adopted

28 May 1997

Press Release
GA/COL/2959

CARIBBEAN REGIONAL SEMINAR ON DECOLONIZATION CONCLUDES IN ST. JOHN'S, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

19970528 'In Process of Decolonization There Is No Alternative To Principle of Self-Determination', Seminar States in Conclusions Adopted

28 May 1997

Press Release
GA/COL/2958

27 May 1997

Press Release
GA/AB/3150

SECRETARY-GENERAL REQUESTS $235 MILLION FOR 1997-1998 BUDGETS OF UNOMIL, UNMIBH AND UNPREDEP IN REPORTS TO FIFTH COMMITTEE

19970527 Delegates Seek Information from Secretariat On Submission of 1996-1997 Budget Performance Report

18 April 1997

Press Release
GA/9234

GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECIDES TO INVITE NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN SPECIAL SESSION ON AGENDA 21 REVIEW

19970418 Also Appoints Members to Budget Advisory Committee, Internatioal Civil Service Commission

8 April 1997

Press Release
GA/9232

NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT DECLARATION ELEVATES SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM DISCUSSION TO NEW LEVEL, STATES GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT

19970408 Says Declaration Underlines Issues' Complexity; Effort Needed To Redress Imbalance in Present Council

7 April 1997

Press Release
GA/9231/

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS NINE PROPOSALS RECOMMENDED BY FIFTH COMMITTEE

19970407 CORRECTION

In Press Release GA/9231 issued 3 April, the first sentence on page 11 should read:

The Assembly then adopted the draft resolution on the scale of assessments without a vote.

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