General Assembly

8 June 1999

Press Release
GA/9561

GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECIDES TO APPROPRIATE SOME $623.6 MILLION FOR 12 ACTIVE UN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

19990608 Also Approves Texts Related to Development and Support Accounts; Decides 'Millenium Summit' Will Begin on 6 September 2000

1 June 1999

Press Release
GA/COL/3006

CARIBBEAN REGIONAL SEMINAR CONCLUDES IN CASTRIES, ST. LUCIA

19990601 Draft Conclusions and Recommendations Contained In Special Decolonization Committee's Report Considered

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

28 May 1999

Press Release
GA/COL/3005

DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE'S CARIBBEAN REGIONAL SEMINAR CONTINUES IN SAINT LUCIA

19990528 Speakers Criticize Administering Powers Lack of Cooperation, Emphasize United Nations Decolonization Efforts Not Complete

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

28 May 1999

Press Release
GA/COL/3004

OFFSHORE BANKING IN ISLAND NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES DISCUSSED IN SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION

19990528 Cayman Islands Says Attempt to Control Banking Through 'Tax Harmonization', 'Transparency' Assault on Offshore Jurisdiction

(Received from a United Nations Information Officer.)

28 May 1999

Press Release
GA/AB/3300

FIFTH COMMITTEE COMPLETES WORK FOR FIFTY-THIRD SESSION, APPROVES TEXTS ON DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT AND CONTINGENT-OWNED EQUIPMENT

19990528 Concluding Second Resumed Session, Committee Also Approves Text on Management Irregularities Causing Financial Losses to Organization

27 May 1999

Press Release
GA/COL/3003

SEMINAR RECOMMENDATIONS MUST HAVE FOLLOW-UP ACTION, SPECIAL DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE TOLD

19990527 Caribbean Regional Seminar Continues; Situation in Falklands/Malvinas, East Timor, Puerto Rico Discussed

(Received from UN Information Officer.)

27 May 1999

Press Release
GA/AB/3299

COST OF FINANCING 12 ACTIVE PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS FOR 1999-2000 WOULD COME TO SOME $623.6 MILLION GROSS, BY FIFTH COMMITTEE TEXTS

19990527 Committee Votes Twice on Text Related to UNIFIL

26 May 1999

Press Release
GA/COL/3001

'LITMUS TEST' FOR SELF-DETERMINATION, SELF-GOVERNANCE RECOMMENDED AT DECOLONIZATION MEETING IN SAINT LUCIA

19990526 (Received from a UN Information Officer.)

26 May 1999

Press Release
GA/COL/3000

SPECIAL DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE HOLDS FIRST MEETING FOLLOWING OPENING SESSION

19990526

(Received from UN Information Officer.)

25 May 1999

Press Release
GA/COL/2999

DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE BEGINS CARIBBEAN REGIONAL SEMINAR ON NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES

19990525 Independence 'Categorical Imperative,' States Saint Lucia's Foreign Minister; Committee Chairman Says Remaining Territories Ignored in Rush to Globalization

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)