General Assembly

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GA/SHC/3523

THIRD COMMITTEE HEARS REPORTS OF TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN AND CHILDREN, EFFECTS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

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GA/SHC/3522

CURRENT GLOBAL ECONOMIC SITUATION NEGATIVELY IMPACTS WOMEN, SPEAKERS TELL THIRD COMMITTEE

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GA/L/3107

LEGAL COMMITTEE CONCLUDES EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF UN COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW

Delegations underscored the value for their countries of a legislative guide on privately financed infrastructure projects, in a meeting this afternoon of the Sixth Committee (Legal), as it concluded its examination of the report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).

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GA/EF/2867

GOOD GOVERANCE, BALANCE OF MACROECONOMIC POLICIES AND SOCIAL PROTECITON CALLED FOR IN ONGOING FIGHT TO WIPE OUT POVERTY

Participation Of Poorest In Their Own Development Seen As One Key To Meeting Poverty-Eradication Goals

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GA/EF/2866

WORLD’S RESPONSE TO PROBLEMS OF POOREST “MORE RHETORICAL THAN REAL”, SECOND COMMITTEE HEARS AS IT REVIEWS PROGRESS DURING DECADE

Developing Countries Acknowledge Primary Responsibility, While Developed World Is urged to Honour Past Commitments

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GA/DIS/3141

WITHOUT NUCLEAR-TEST BAN, ‘FLOODGATES’ TO NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION OPEN, MYANMAR TELLS DISARMAMENT AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE

General Debate Continues, with Focus on Need To Ratify Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, Nuclear Testing in South Asia

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GA/SPD/162

FOURTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE ISRAELI PRACTICES

Israel’s Judaization of East Jerusalem through demographic transformation was aimed at encouraging Arabs to leave, the representative of Malaysia told the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) this afternoon.

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GA/SHC/3521

THIRD COMMITTEE ADDRESSES ISSUES ON ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN

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GA/L/3106

UNCITRAL HAILED IN SIXTH COMMITTEE FOR PROGRESS ON KEY TRADE LAW TEXTS SLATED FOR ADOPTION NEXT YEAR

As the Sixth Committee (Legal) took up the annual report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), speakers this morning all pointed to the significant progress made in the Commission’s work on three key legal texts that are expected to be finalized during the next UNCITRAL session, in June 2000.

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GA/EF/2865

COMMITTEE TOLD NO LONG-TERM ESCAPE FROM INDEBTEDNESS CRISIS POSSIBLE WITHOUT PROVISION FOR SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT

Second Committee Concludes Debate On Macroeconomic Policy Question