General Assembly

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GA/SPD/176

FOURTH COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF QUESTIONS RELATING TO INFORMATION

Under-Secretary-General For Communications and Public Information Addresses Committee

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GA/SHC/3562

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ASKED TO PROCLAIM 2001 AS INTERNATIONAL YEAR AGAINST RACISM, XENOPHOBIA, OTHER FORMS OF INTOLERANCE

Social Committee Calls for Widespread Observance; Other Texts Seek Elimination of Religious Bias, Action Against Mercenary Activity

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GA/SHC/3561

ASSEMBLY’S SOCIAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SHOULD GIVE UP ‘SELECTIVE ATTENTION’ TO REFUGEE PROBLEMS

‘No First Class or Second Class’, Algeria Says; Iceland Describes Support System for Integrating Newcomers into Society

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GA/L/3137

LEGAL COMMITTEE APPROVES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WORK OF CHARTER COMMITTEE; CONTINUES DEBATE ON MEASURES TO COMBAT TERRORISM

A draft resolution on the future work of the Special Committee on the United Nations Charter, approved this morning by the Sixth Committee (Legal), would envisage a shorter than usual session for the Charter Committee.

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GA/SHC/3560

BRIDGING GAP BETWEEN RELIEF, DEVELOPMENT, CRUCIAL IN POST-CONFLICT REHABILITATION, COMMITTEE HEARS

Eight Draft Resolutions Introduced As Representatives Discuss Assistance to Refugees, Migrant Policies

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GA/L/3136

LEGAL COMMITTEE SALUTES ACHIEVEMENTS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW DECADE; CONTINUES DEBATE ON ANTI-TERRORISM MEASURES

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GA/L/3135

LEGAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS CITE OWN ENCOUNTERS WITH INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM; PROPOSE WORLD CONFERENCE, COMPREHENSIVE INSTRUMENT TO COMBAT IT

As speaker after speaker in the Sixth Committee (Legal) this morning stressed that international terrorism was a universal scourge demanding concerted international cooperation on several fronts, a number of States cited their own experiences of terrorism.

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GA/EF/2897

DOMESTIC RESOURCE MOBILIZATION KEY TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SECOND COMMITTEE TOLD IN FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT DEBATE

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GA/AB/3344

REPRESENTATIVE OF UGANDA TO COORDINATE FIFTH COMMITTEE CONSULTATIONS ON UNITED NATIONS 2000-2001 PROGRAMME BUDGET

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GA/9657

ASSEMBLY, URGING GLOBAL COOPERATION WITH ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, EXPRESSES CONCERN AT NON-COMPLIANCE BY DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA

IAEA Report Approved; In other Action, United Nations Support Is Sought for Work of International Organization of la Francophonie