General Assembly: Press Release

12 March 1997

Press Release
GA/9223

GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETS TO CONSIDER ISRAELI DECISION TO BUILD NEW SETTLEMENT IN EAST JERUSALEM

19970312 Palestine's Observer Calls for Assembly to Guarantee Israel's Compliance with Agreements; Israel Says UN Not Appropriate Forum for Issue

11 March 1997

Press Release
GA/AB/3135

INCREASING USE OF STAFF LOANED BY MEMBER STATES TO UNITED NATIONS, TERMED 'GRATIS PERSONNEL', ADDRESSED IN FIFTH COMMITTEE

19970311 Should Not Be Used to Save Budget Problems, Says ACABQ Chairman; Issues of Gender Balance, Geographical Representation Also Discussed

10 March 1997

Press Release
GA/AB/3134

ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUDGETARY COMMITTEE BEGINS RESUMED SESSION

19970310

As the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) began its resumed session this morning, the representative of the United States said he would hold consultations with other Member States on a proposal to enlarge the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ).

10 March 1997

Press Release
GA/9222

4 March 1997

Press Release
GA/9221

19 February 1997

Press Release
GA/9128

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT EXPRESSES SORROW OVER DEATH OF DENG XIAOPING, ILLUSTRIOUS SON OF CHINA

19970219 The following statement was issued today by the President of the General Assembly, Razali Ismail (Malaysia):

5 February 1997

Press Release
GA/9217
HE/946

SPECIAL SESSION TO REVIEW IMPLEMENTATION OF AGENDA 21 SHOULD NOT BE USED TO THROW UNFULFILLED COMMITMENTS OF RIO INTO ARMS OF PRIVATE SECTOR

19970205 General Assembly President, Razali Ismail (Malaysia), Tells High-Level Segment of UNEP Governing Council Session in Nairobi

31 January 1997

Press Release
GA/9215

GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPOINTS INDIA, JAPAN TO FILL ACABQ VACANCIES

19970131

The General Assembly this morning, acting without a vote, appointed candidates from India and Japan to the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), as it resumed its fifty-first session to consider two agenda items. The Assembly also paid tribute to the late President of the Marshall Islands, Amata Kahua.

16 January 1997

Press Release
GA/COL/2955

CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN ADMINISTERING POWERS AND DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE SHOULD HELP UNITED NATIONS REACH GOAL OF ERADICATING COLONIALISM BY YEAR 2000

19970116 Secretary-General, in Opening Message, Tells Special Committee of 24 as 1997 Session Begins; Work Programme Adopted

23 December 1996

Press Release
GA/9214

SECRETARY-GENERAL ELECT SAYS UNITED NATIONS 'INDISPENSABLE, IRREPLACEABLE', AS APPOINTMENT HIGHLIGHTS FIFTY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19961223 Praises 'Extraordinary Statesman', Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali; UN Must Provide Timely Leadership on 'Issues of Our Time', Says Assembly President