Press Release
GA/SPD/196
FOURTH COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES REPORT ON ISRAELI PRACTICES IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES
20001106Also Approves Draft Resolution on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
Also Approves Draft Resolution on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
Committee Adopts Text On Palestinian Right to Self-Determination After Recorded Vote
Never before had such concrete mechanisms of accountability been developed and implemented at the United Nations, the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources Management, Rafiah Salim, told the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this morning, as it continued its general debate on human resources management.
IAEA Director-General Advocates Expansion of Peaceful Nuclear Energy, Subject to Safety, Cost, Environmental Factors
Inconclusive Debate on Honour Crimes Precludes Consensus
Frank, Open Exchange of Views Called Extremely Useful; Head of Commission Says Comments Will Help Its Future Deliberations
As the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) continued its general debate on human resources management, several speakers stressed that accountability mechanisms were of central importance to the successful implementation of the Secretary-Generals reform proposals.
Also Praises Cooperation with Organization of American States, Amends Rules of Procedure Concerning General Assemblys Opening Day