General Assembly

Press Release
GA/L/3136

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

Press Release
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.

Press Release
GA/EF/2897

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

Press Release
GA/AB/3344

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

Press Release
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

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GA/SPD/173/

FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TWELVE DRAFT RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING UN RELIEF AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES, ISRAELI PRACTICES

CORRECTION

On page 10 of Press Release GA/SPD/173 issued 4 November, the last full paragraph should read:

Press Release
GA/SHC/3559

RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN TO RELY MORE ON NEW TECHNOLOGIES, ASSEMBLY'S SOCIAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD

New Structure of INSTRAW Is Discussed; Review of Refugee Issues Continues, with Statement on Behalf of International Committee of Red Cross

Press Release
GA/SHC/3558

REFUGEE COMMISSIONER TELLS SOCIAL COMMITTEE SECURITY NOW KEY ISSUE –- FOR STAFF, FOR COUNTRIES, FOR PEOPLE DISPLACED

Hazards from Internal Strife Said to Complicate Work of Agency; Stability, Post-Conflict Recovery Now Critical to Relief Efforts

Press Release
GA/L/3134

SPEAKERS IN LEGAL COMMITTEE JUDGE TEXT ON FINANCING TERRORISM READY FOR ADOPTION

Speakers in the Sixth Committee (Legal) this afternoon expressed overwhelming support for a draft international convention on suppression of the financing of terrorism, and urged the committee to approve the text at this session.

Press Release
GA/L/3133

LEGAL COMMITTEE URGES ATTENTION TO PLIGHT OF THIRD STATES AFFECTED BY SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS

The General Assembly would ask the Secretary-General to continue work on ways to help third States affected by Security Council sanctions, by a draft resolution approved by the Sixth Committee (Legal) this morning.