General Assembly

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GA/SPD/168

PARTNERSHIPS WITH PRIVATE SECTOR, COOPERATION IN DISASTER PREVENTION AMONG THEMES OF FOURTH COMMITTEE’S OUTER SPACE DEBATE

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GA/SHC/3536

SELF-DETERMINATION MAIN THEME AT THIRD COMMITTEE MEETING, INTOLERANCE AND XENOPHOBIA ALSO CITED

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GA/L/3118

REPORT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION TAKEN UP IN SIXTH COMMITTEE

Attention Focused on Draft on Nationality Issues Arising When States Transfer Territory, Unify, Dissolve or Split

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GA/EF/2877

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES URGED TO MATCH DEVELOPING-WORLD EFFORTS TO COMBAT 'GLOBAL SCOURGE' OF DROUGHT, DESERTIFICATION

`Politics Cannot Stop Desertification, But Cross-Border Partnerships Can’, Says Israel

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GA/EF/2876

SECOND COMMITTEE HEARS CALLS FOR ACTION ON BIOSAFETY PROTOCOL, COMMITMENT TO NEEDS OF SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES

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GA/DIS/3152

NEGOTIATIONS ON CONVENTION TO PROHIBIT USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS CALLED FOR IN TEXT INTRODUCED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

Texts Also Introduced on Middle East Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone, Mediterranean Security, Landmine Convention, Science and Security

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GA/AB/3319

OFFICE OF UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES WELL-MANAGED, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

Committee Takes Up Board of Auditors and Oversight Office Reports

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was well-managed,and media allegations to the contrary were unproven. The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) was told this morning.

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GA/9641

ASSEMBLY ACTS ON REPORTS ON CREDENTIALS, COOPERATION WITH REGIONAL GROUPS, NEW MEMBERS OF UNEP GOVERNING COUNCIL, COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCES

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GA/SHC/3535

THIRD COMMITTEE HEARS OF DANGERS OF ‘MODERN RACISM AND HATRED’ FOUND ON INTERNET WEB SITES; CODE OF CONDUCT NEEDED

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GA/L/3117

STATES WARN LEGAL COMMITTEE THAT NEW INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT MUST NOT BE ABUSED FOR POLITICAL ENDS

As the Sixth Committee concluded its discussion of the work of the Preparatory Commission of the International Criminal Court (ICC), speakers again urged early ratification of the Court’s Statute and stressed that the Court must not be used as a political tool.