General Assembly

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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.

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GA/EF/2875

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MAY NOT BE COMPATIBLE, COMMITTEE IS TOLD

In Name of Trade Liberalization, Wealthy Nations Said to Export Unsustainable Production and Consumption Patterns

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GA/EF/2874

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT IMPERILED BY UNSUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION OF WEALTHY, PERVASIVE POVERTY OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Mexico Calls for Transfer of Technology To Help Anticipate and Manage Natural Disaster Impact

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GA/DIS/3151

DRAFT TEXT ON BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION INTRODUCED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

According to a draft resolution introduced this morning in the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security), the General Assembly would call upon all States parties to the Biological Weapons Convention to accelerate negotiations for a protocol, including possible verification measures, to strengthen the Convention.

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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