General Assembly

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GA/9612
ENV/DEV/522

THIRTY SPEAKERS ADDRESS SPECIAL SESSION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF BARBADOS PROGRAMME OF ACTION

Thirty speakers addressed the General Assembly this afternoon as it continued its two-day special session to review progress achieved in implementing the Programme of Action adopted at the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (Barbados, 1994).

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GA/9610
ENV/DEV/519

GENERAL ASSEMBLY BEGINS TWO-DAY SPECIAL SESSION TO REVIEW PROGRESS OF 1994 BARBADOS ACTION PROGRAMME

Small Island States "Front-Line Zones" for Problems Of Environment and Development, Secretary-General Tells Session

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GA/9609

THE EFFECTS OF SANCTIONS WIDELY DISCUSSED BY SPEAKERS AT AFTERNOON MEETING OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY

A thorough study of the short- and long-term effects of sanctions, especially on innocent victims, should be undertaken, Bonaya Adhi Godana, the Foreign Minister of Kenya, stressed this afternoon as he addressed the General Assembly at the continuation of its general debate.

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GA/9608

QUESTIONS OF SOVEREIGNTY, HUMAN RIGHTS RAISED BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKERS

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GA/9607

ASSEMBLY CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE

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GA/9606

QUESTIONS OF SOVEREIGNTY, THE STATE SYSTEM, THE FUTURE OF THE ORGANIZATION RAISED BY GENERAL DEBATE SPEAKERS

The United Nations could not assume that it would survive intact by clinging to structures and processes conceived in 1945, S. Jayakumar, Foreign Minister of Singapore, told the General Assembly as it continued its General Debate this morning. While it was clear that it must now change, less clear was how it should change.

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GA/DIS/3138

FIRST COMMITTEE APPROVES PROGRAMME OF WORK SCHEDULES, ELECTIONS AND OPENING OF GENERAL DEBATE FOR 11 OCTOBER

The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security), in an organizational meeting this morning, approved its programme of work for the current session.

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GA/9605

UNITED NATIONS ALLOWED TO GO INSOLVENT WHEN MUCH MORE DEMANDED OF IT AS CENTRAL MECHANISM FOR MULTILATERAL COOPERATION, ASSEMBLY HEARS

The United Nations had been allowed to go insolvent when so much more was demanded of it as the central mechanism and catalyst for multilateral cooperation, Ali Alatas, the Foreign Minister of Indonesia, told the General Assembly as it continued its general debate this afternoon.

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GA/9604
ENV/DEV/518

TWO-DAY GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION TO REVIEW PROGRESS OF BARBADOS ACTION PROGRAMME BEGINS 27 SEPTEMBER AT HEADQUARTERS

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GA/9603

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

Assembly Continues Debate; Hears Three Heads of State, Two Foreign Ministers, Monaco’s Crown Prince, President of Palestinian Authority