General Assembly

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GA/9603/

CONVENTION TO REPATRIATE AFRICA’S ILLEGALLY TRANSFERRED CAPITAL CALLED FOR BY NIGERIA’S PRESIDENT IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADDRESS

CORRECTION

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GA/SPD/159

FOURTH COMMITTEE HEARS PETITIONERS ON GUAM, WESTERN SAHARA, NEW CALEDONIA AND EAST TIMOR

The colonized people of Guam would vote on its status by 4 July 2000, a representative of that Territory’s Governor told the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) this afternoon, as the Committee continued consideration of decolonization issues and heard petitioners.

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GA/SHC/3517/

THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES UP SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ISSUES; CENTRALITY OF ANTI-POVERTY STRATEGIES STRESSED

CORRECTION

On page 8 of Press Release GA/SHC/3517 issued 6 October 1999, the statement of the representative of Bangladesh should read as follows:

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GA/SHC/3517

THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES UP SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ISSUES; CENTRALITY OF ANTI-POVERTY STRATEGIES STRESSED

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GA/EF/2859

SPEAKERS FOCUS ON AFRICA’S DECLINING SHARE OF WORLD TRADE AS SECOND COMMITTEE CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE

The Continent’s Economic And Social Crisis Called Most Critical Challenge For Humanity As Millennium Approaches

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GA/EF/2858

SECOND COMMITTEE HEARS CALLS FOR STABILIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM, FOCUS ON DEVELOPMENTAL DIMENSION OF FINANCE

Speakers Assail High Cost of Globalization, Call for Integration of Least Developed into World Trading System

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GA/9628

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS PROTOCOL TO WOMEN’S RIGHTS CONVENTION PROVIDING RECOURSE TO VICTIMS OF SEX DISCRIMINATION

Calls on States to Accept UN Committee’s Competence to Adjudicate Complaints of Discrimination against Women in Their Jurisdictions

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GA/9627

GENERAL ASSEMBLY BEGINS DISCUSSION ON SECRETARY-GENERAL’S ANNUAL REPORT ON WORK OF ORGANIZAION

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GA/SPD/158

DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE HEARS PETITIONERS ON GIBRALTAR, BEGINS GENERAL DEBATE

In this day and age, Gibraltar was neither Spain’s to claim nor the United Kingdom’s to give away -– it was the homeland of the people of Gibraltar, who were the only ones to determine their own political future, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) was told this morning as it heard requests for hearing.

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GA/AB/3312

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION ON IMPROVING UNITED NATIONS FINANCIAL SITUATION

Questions relating to the apportionment of expenses and to the scale of assessments would be best addressed after the present financial crisis had passed, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) was told this afternoon as it continued its discussion on improving the Organization’s financial situation.