General Assembly

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GA/DIS/3168

DISARMAMENT AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE BEGINS DEBATE 2 OCTOBER

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GA/AB/3385

FIFTH COMMITTEE TO COMMENCE CONSIDERATION OF SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS FOR UNITED NATIONS REGULAR BUDGET ON 2 OCTOBER

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GA/9780/

GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS PLENARY CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS ON CRIME PREVENTION, UN-ECCAS COOPERATION

CORRECTION

In Press Release GA/9780 of 27 September, paragraphs 1 and 2 on page 1 should read as follows:

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GA/SPD/185/Rev.1*

SPECIAL POLITICAL AND DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE HEARS PETITIONERS ON WESTERN SAHARA

The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) this morning continued its debate on decolonization questions and heard petitioners on Western Sahara, with petitioners criticizing the delays in implementing the Settlement Plan and requesting that the right of the people of Western Sahara to self- determination be respected.

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GA/SHC/3577

THIRD COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND FOLLOW-UP TO 1999 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF OLDER PERSONS

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GA/SHC/3576

SPEAKERS FOCUS ON AGEING ISSUES AS COMPONENT OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES

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GA/9783

ASSEMBLY TAKES NOTE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL’S ANNUAL REPORT ON WORK OF ORGANIZATION

Water was life and the issue of fresh water would become one of the main challenges of the new century, the representative of Tajikistan told the General Assembly this morning, as it concluded its consideration of the Secretary- General's Report on the Work of the Organization.

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GA/SPD/184

QUESTIONS OF GIBRALTAR, GUAM, WESTERN SAHARA DISCUSSED IN SPECIAL POLITICAL AND DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE

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GA/AB/3384

TAKING NOTE OF OVERSIGHT BODY RECOMMENDATIONS NOT ENOUGH, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this morning began its consideration of the 1999 reports of the Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and concluded its general debate on the requests for exemptions from sanctions under Article 19 of the Charter.

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GA/9782

CONTINUING CONSIDERATION OF REPORT OF SECRETARY-GENERAL, ASSEMBLY SPEAKERS MAINTAIN FOCUS ON PEACE OPERATIONS, SANCTIONS, HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION

The Security Council had used an elastic concept of security to stretch its mandate well beyond what the Charter gave it, said the representative of India this afternoon, as the General Assembly continued its consideration of the Secretary-General's report on the work of the Organization.