General Assembly

Press Release
GA/SPD/160

SPECIAL POLITICAL AND DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE

Press Release
GA/SHC/3518

THIRD COMMITTEE HEARS VIEWS ON PROBLEMS OF YOUTH, AGEING, DISABLED AND FAMILY

‘Unimaginable Disparity’ Cited by Nepal

Press Release
GA/EF/2861

SPEAKERS STRESS DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL CRISES, CITE PROJECTED GROWTH-RATE SHORTFALLS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Representative of Syria Warns That Shrinking Role of State, Triumph Of Market Economies Threaten Welfare of Population in Developing World

Press Release
GA/EF/2860

EXPANDED ACCESS TO MARKETS COULD ELIMINATE NEED FOR MOST AID, INDONESIA SAYS AS SECOND COMMITTEE RESUMES GENERAL DEBATE

Speakers Reiterate Need For External Financing, Deplore Increasing Inequities in Global Financial and Trading System

Press Release
GA/9630

DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT SWAP WILL HELP NATIONS ACHIEVE SOCIAL SUMMIT GOALS, UNITED STATES TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Guatemala Concerned over Adequacy of Preparations For Next Year’s Special Assembly Session on Social Development

Press Release
GA/9629

QUESTIONS RELATED TO STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND ROLE OF SECURITY COUNCIL IN INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ADDRESSED DURING ASSEMBLY DISCUSSION

Press Release
GA/9615/

GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES IN ASSEMBLY; EAST TIMOR, MIDDLE EAST PEACE, SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM AMONG TOPICS RAISED

CORRECTION

In Press Release GA/9615 of 29 September 1999, the statement by Israel on page 5, which had several paragraphs inadvertently omitted, should read as follows:

Press Release
GA/9603/

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

CORRECTION

Press Release
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.

Press Release
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: