Committee Takes up Proposed Programme Budget Part on Human Rights and Humanitarian Assistance
The negative atmosphere during Fifth Committee discussions of the work of the Office of Internal Oversight Services must be overcome, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) was told this morning, as it concluded its general discussion of the annual report of that Office.
Cuba Equates Blockade's Effects with Genocide; United States Calls It Matter of Bilateral Trade Policy
Delegates Warn of Risks in Economic Globalization, Urge Efforts to Bridge Growing Gap Between Rich and Poor Countries
Schools in Some Nations said to Have Virtual Hymn to Intolerance - Proclaiming Countrys Own Religion as Only One
Indonesia Says Implementation of Existing Measures Would Have Minimized Loss of Life, Property Destruction
CORRECTION
On page 1 of Press Release GA/EF/2889 issued 8 November, the first full paragraph should read:
Speakers In Debate On Disaster-Reduction Decade Stress Indissoluble Link of Prevention, Sustainable Development
Other Resolutions Approved Concern Test-Ban Treaty, Nuclear Disarmament, Middle East, Landmine Convention
Fifth Committee is Told of ESCAP Recommendations to Minimize Impact: Part-by-Part Review of Programme Budget for 2000-2001 Continues
