General Assembly

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GA/DIS/3147

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT PRESIDENT, SPEAKING TO FIRST COMMITTEE, DESCRIBES 'DISAPPOINTING' OUTCOME TO 1999 CONFERENCE SESSION

Yet, Says Conference Remains 'Robust' with 'Impressive Track Record'; Other Speakers Address Threat of Small Arms, Changing Security Concepts

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GA/AB/3314

FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS

Delegations Stress Transparency, Importance of Capacity-to-Pay, Need for Scale To Be Re-evaluated

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GA/SHC/3528

ILLEGAL DRUG TRAFFIC AN URGENT GLOBAL PROBLEM, SAY THIRD COMMITTEE SPEAKERS

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GA/SHC/3527

THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES UP ISSUES OF DRUG CONTROL, CRIME PREVENTION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

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GA/L/3110

US WARNS LEGAL COMMITTEE OF WEAKENED EFFECTIVENESS OF SECURITY COUNCIL IF 'UNWISE' MEASURES ADOPTED TO MITIGATE SANCTIONS’ UNWANTED IMPACTS

Affected States Urge Consultation, Preliminary Assessment and Hardship Exceptions

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GA/EF/2870

WITH WIDENING POOL OF BENEFICIARIES AND STEADILY SHRINKING RESOURCES, UN DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES SAID TO BE ‘AT A CROSSROADS’

Operational Activities Should be Country-Driven, Representative of China Tells Second Committee in Wide-Ranging Debate

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GA/EF/2869

UNITED NATIONS SEEN AS LESS RESPONSIVE TO DEVELOPING COUNTRY CONCERNS, MORE RESTRICTIVE IN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME ORIENTATION

Opening Debate On Operational Activities For Development, Second Committee Speakers Call Decline in Funding Heart of Problem

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GA/DIS/3146

MILITARY POWER NOW USED UNHESITATINGLY AGAINST SMALL, WEAKER COUNTRIES, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE

Stresses Need for Each Country to Safeguard Self-Defence; Speakers Also Address Need to Control Traffic in Small Arms

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GA/DIS/3145

INDIA EMPHASIZES COMMITMENT TO GLOBAL NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, AS FIRST COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISARMAMENT DEBATE

Australia Says US Failure to Ratify Test-Ban 'Deeply Disappointing’; Missile Proliferation, Nuclear Doctrines among Other Issues Addressed

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GA/AB/3313

FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXTS ON JOINT INSPECTION UNIT, UNAVEM III, CONTINGENT-OWNED EQUIPMENT AND BOARD OF AUDITORS RECOMMENDATIONS

Fails To Reach Consensus on Development Account Draft