General Assembly

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GA/9728

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OPENS SPECIAL SESSION ON FOLLOW-UP TO 1995 SOCIAL SUMMIT

Secretary-General Urges Renewed Efforts to Reduce Poverty

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GA/9727
SOC/4550

GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION WILL REVIEW IMPLEMENTATION OF 1995 SOCIAL SUMMIT COMMITMENTS IN GENEVA, 26-30 JUNE

A global conference organized to accelerate the momentum towards people- centred development will be held in Geneva from 26 to 30 June.

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GA/9726/

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, ACTING ON BUDGET COMMITTEE’S REPORTS, APPROVES SOME $1.67 BILLION IN RESOURCES FOR PEACEKEEPING

Assembly Observes Minute of Silence for President Al-Assad Of Syria; Text on UNIFIL Adopted by Recorded Vote of 110-2-0

CORRECTION

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GA/9726

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, ACTING ON BUDGET COMMITTEE REPORTS, APPROVES SOME $1.67 BILLION IN RESOURCES FOR UN PEACEKEEPING

Assembly Observes Minute of Silence for President Al-Assad Of Syria; Text on UNIFIL Adopted by Recorded Vote of 110-2-0

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GA/9725

GENERAL ASSEMBLY REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO 1995 BEIJING CONFERENCE GOALS, AS ‘WOMEN 2000’ SPECIAL SESSION CONCLUDES AT HEADQUARTERS

Adopts Political Declaration, ‘Further Actions and Initiatives’; Assembly President Notes ‘No Backward Movement’ on Language of Beijing

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GA/9724

GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION 'WOMEN 2000' CONTINUES BEIJING DEBATE HEARING 16 SPEAKERS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF 1995 BEIJING CONFERENCE

The special session of the General Assembly -- "Women 2000, Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty-first Century" -- continued its review of the implementation of the Platform for Action adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing, 1995) this morning, hearing from 16 speakers.

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GA/9723

SAD AND SOBERING REALITY THAT WOMEN CONTINUE TO BE DEPRIVED OF BASIC AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, SPECIAL ASSEMBLY SESSION TOLD

It was a sad and sobering reality that women continued to be deprived of basic and fundamental rights because of measures imposed in certain countries, the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly was told this afternoon.

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GA/9722

MOVEMENT TO RECOGNIZE WOMEN'S RIGHTS 'REVOLUTIONARY AND UPLIFTING' UNITED STATES TELLS 'WOMEN 2000' GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION

Eighteen Additional Speakers Address Efforts to Implement Platform for Action Adopted at 1995 Beijing Women's Conference

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GA/9721

SPEAKERS IN SPECIAL SESSION PLACE EMPHASIS ON RIGHT OF WOMEN TO ENJOY EQUALITY IN DECISION-MAKING AND POWER ROLES

As the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly continued its general debate this afternoon, a number of speakers called on the international community to recognize the fundamental right of women to enjoy equality in decision-making and power roles.

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GA/9720

GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION ‘WOMEN 2000’ CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE; SEVENTEEN SPEAKERS DESCRIBE EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE GENDER EQUALITY

The twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, meeting to review implementation of the Platform for Action adopted at the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, heard from an additional 17 high-level speakers this morning.