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GA/SHC/3606

VAST MAJORITY OF TORTURE VICTIMS ARE POOR, UNAWARE OF OWN RIGHTS, SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE

Victims of torture should receive reparation commensurate with the gravity of the harm suffered, the Special Rapporteur on torture told the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) this morning as it met to continue considering human rights issues, with a focus on the causes of human rights abuses.

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GA/EF/2934

HIGH DEBT BURDENS CONTINUE TO BE CRITICAL OBSTACLE TO POVERTY REDUCTION IN MANY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, SECOND COMMITTEE TOLD

High debt burdens continued to be a critical obstacle to poverty reduction in many developing countries, the representative of Canada told the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) as it met this afternoon to continue its consideration of macroeconomic policy questions.

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GA/EF/2933

WORLD ECONOMY POISED TO RECORD BETTER GROWTH RATE THAN IN RECENT YEARS, SECOND COMMITTEE TOLD

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GA/DIS/3189

FIRST COMMITTEE APPROVES 14 DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON WIDE RANGE OF DISARMAMENT, SECURITY ISSUES

Regional Conventional Arms Control, Landmine Convention, Middle East Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Among Issues Addressed

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GA/9797

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES HESITANT TO ACCEPT MICRO-MANAGEMENT OF FISHERIES ACTIVITY, GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS TOLD

Law of Sea Debate Begins; Conservation, Marine Pollution, Unregulated Fishing, Piracy on High Seas among Issues Discussed

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GA/9796

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS RUUD LUBBERS NEXT UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES

Also Adopts Resolutions Exempting 6 States from Sanctions For Unpaid Dues, and Condemning Unilateral Coercive Sanctions

Fifty-fifth General Assembly

Plenary

39^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRAISES CONTINUED COOPERATION BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS,

ASIAN-AFRICAN LEGAL CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE

The General Assembly this morning adopted, without a vote, an orally amended resolution on cooperation between the United Nations and the Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee.

Fifty-fifth General Assembly

Plenary

38^th Meeting (AM)

ASSEMBLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION TO FURTHER COOPERATION WITH COUNCIL OF EUROPE

Also Takes up Cooperation

With Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

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GA/SPD/186

FOURTH COMMITTEE, CONCLUDING GENERAL DEBATE ON DECOLONIZATION ISSUES, HEARS PETITIONERS FROM WESTERN SAHARA AND NEW CALEDONIA

As the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) met this morning to conclude its general debate on decolonization, it heard statements by petitioners from Western Sahara and New Caledonia.

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GA/SHC/3578

SUSTAINABLE ELIMINATION OF ILLICIT CROPS, PROMOTION OF ALTERNATIVE CROPS STRESSED AS THIRD COMMITTEE DEBATES DRUG-PREVENTION STRATEGIES