General Assembly

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GA/SPD/171

FOURTH COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF UN RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES

Agency’s Commissioner-General Introduces Report, Emphasizing Financial Difficulties, Management Reform Efforts

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GA/SHC/3543

IMPROVEMENT IN STATUS OF RURAL WOMEN IS SOUGHT IN TEXT APPROVED BY ASSEMBLY’S SOCIAL COMMITTEE

States Urged To Ensure Equal Access to Resources; Debate Also Begins on Implementation of Human Rights Instruments

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GA/L/3127

AS LEGAL COMMITTEE REVIEWS DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR TREATY RESERVATIONS, SPEAKERS STRESS EXCEPTIONAL CHARACTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS AGREEMENTS

The question of whether reservations should be permitted to human rights instruments was raised by several speakers this afternoon as the Sixth Committee began discussing the efforts of the International Law Commission to draw up practice guide on reservations to treaties.

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GA/L/3126

SIXTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF DRAFT ON STATE RESPONSIBILITY

The Sixth Committee (Legal) this morning concluded its discussion of the International Law Commission’s long-standing efforts to codify an instrument to govern State responsibility for internationally wrongful acts.

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GA/EF/2886

LINKAGES AMONG SYSTEMS’ ENVIRONMENTAL AREAS, NEED FOR POLICY COHERENCE, HIGHLIGHTED IN COMMITTEE REVIEW OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT

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GA/DIS/3159

RESOLUTIONS ON INDIAN OCEAN, SCIENCE AND SECURITY, ENVIRONMENTAL NORMS APPROVED BY RECORDED VOTE IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

Texts Also Approved on Mediterranean, Threats to Information, Disarmament and Development, Practical Disarmament, Security Declaration

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GA/AB/3329

UNITED NATIONS TORN BETWEEN NEED TO MAINTAIN ALL MANDATED ACTIVITIES AND MEAGRE RESOURCES MADE AVAILABLE TO IT, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

Committee Concludes General Discussion of Proposed 2000-2002 Programme Budget

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GA/AB/3328

FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT DECISION ON JOINT INSPECTION UNIT

Committee Continues Discussion of Internal Oversight Office

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GA/SHC/3542

RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE TRANSCEND QUESTION OF LAND OWNERSHIP, AUSTRALIA TELLS SOCIAL COMMITTEE

Consideration of International Decade Activities Concluded; Final Speakers also Heard on Issues Relating to Rights of the Child

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GA/L/3125

MEMBERS OF LEGAL COMMITTEE OFFER SUGGESTIONS ON STATE RESPONSIBILITY