General Assembly

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GA/AB/3318

FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON MODALITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT AND FINANCING UNAMET

Two draft resolutions, on the operation of the Development Account and on the financing of the United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET), were approved this morning, by the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary).

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GA/9640
PI/1190

UNITED NATIONS LAUNCHES MILLENNIUM ASSEMBLY WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.UN.ORG/MILLENNIUM

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GA/SPD/167

FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTIONCONCERNING REVIEW OF PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

As Debate Concludes Speakers Raise Issues of Humanitarian Intervention, Sunset Clause’s Peacekeeping

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GA/SHC/3534

SIX DRAFT RESOLUTIONS APPROVED TODAY IN THIRD COMMITTEE ON ISSUES OF WOMEN, LITERACY, CRIME PREVENTION, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, CORRUPTION

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GA/SHC/3533

THIRD COMMITTEE MEMBERS SEE INCREASE IN RACISM, DISCUSS ALSO USE OF MERCENARIES

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GA/L/3116

UNITED STATES APPEALS IN SIXTH COMMITTEE FOR SUPPORT OF OTHER NATIONS TO RESOLVE 'SUBSTANTIVE PROBLEMS' OF CRIMINAL COURT STATUTE

Rome Statute Is Flawed, Says US Representative: Inadequate Jurisdictional Safeguards Place Humanitarian Efforts at Risk

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GA/L/3115

SPEAKERS IN LEGAL COMMITTEE URGE EARLY RATIFICATION OF ROME STATUTE SO THAT INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT CAN BEGIN WORK

Southern African States Offer to Share Expertise With Respect to Implementing Legislation

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GA/DIS/3150

TEXT CALLING FOR PRESERVATION OF ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSLE TREATY INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE BY RUSSIAN FEDERATION

He Says Undermined Treaty Would Prompt `Collapse’ of Arms Control; Draft Text on 1999 Report of Disarmament Commission Also Introduced

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GA/9639

OVER-RELIANCE ON CLOSED CONSULTATIONS, SLOW RESPONSE TO AFRICA’S NEEDS FAULTED, AS ASSEMBLY ENDS DEBATE ON COUNCIL REPORT

United Kingdom Says United Nations, ‘Tested As Never Before’, Must Change, and Council Must Be Part of Change

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GA/SPD/166

FOURTH COMMITTEE, CONTINUING PEACEKEEPING DEBATE, HEARS VIEWS ON HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION, NEED FOR LEGAL FRAMEWORKS