General Assembly

9 March 1999

Press Release
GA/AB/3284

ASTONISHING THAT MEMBER STATES HEAR ABOUT PROCUREMENT CASES IN ARBITRATION ONLY AFTER THEY HAVE REACHED EXTREME STATUS, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19990309 Committee Concludes its Discussion of Procurement Reform; Discusses Programme of Work, Issues Related to United Nations Security Arrangements

8 March 1999

Press Release
GA/AB/3283

ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUDGETARY COMMITTEE BEGINS FIRST PART OF RESUMED FIFTY-THIRD SESSION

19990308 Committee Discusses Programme of Work; Takes Up Review of Organization's Administrative and Financial Efficiency

24 February 1999

Press Release
GA/COL/2995/

EFFORTS TO SEE PROCESS OF DECOLONIZATION THROUGH TO ITS CONCLUSION SHOULD BE REDOUBLED, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS CORRECTION

19990224

On page 4 of Press Release GA/COL/2995 of 22 February, the statement by Indonesia should read as follows:

22 February 1999

Press Release
GA/COL/2995

EFFORTS TO SEE PROCESS OF DECOLONIZATION THROUGH TO ITS CONCLUSION SHOULD BE REDOUBLED, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

19990222

Efforts to see the process of decolonization through to its conclusion should be redoubled, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said, as the 1999 session of the Special Committee on decolonization began this morning.

18 February 1999

Press Release
GA/9547

ASSEMBLY CONFIRMS APPOINTMENT OF RUBENS RICUPERO FOR ANOTHER FOUR-YEAR TERM AS SECRETARY-GENERAL OF UNCTAD

19990218 In Other Action, Comoros Elected to Committee for Programme And Coordination; Cuba, Hungary and Libya Appointed to Host Country Committee

12 February 1999

Press Release
GA/9546

GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS INCLUSION OF ITEM ON OBSERVER STATUS FOR CUSTOMS COOPERATION COUNCIL IN AGENDA OF ASSEMBLY'S CURRENT SESSION

19990212 Recommendation To Be Considered on Wednesday, 17 February

9 February 1999

Press Release
GA/9544

ASSEMBLY CALLS FOR PARTIES TO FOURTH GENEVA CONVENTION TO MEET ON MEASURES TO ENFORCE ITS APPLICATION IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY

19990209 Resolution Adopted during Emergency Special Session Recommends That Conference Be Convened on 15 July in Geneva

8 February 1999

Press Release
GA/9543

JORDAN PRIDES ITSELF IN GREAT LEGACY LEFT BEHIND BY KING HUSSEIN, REPRESENTATIVE OF JORDAN TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19990208 Assembly Holds Special Meeting To Pay Tribute to Memory of King Hussein

5 February 1999

Press Release
GA/9542

ISRAEL CONTINUING SETTLEMENT ACTIVITIES, EVADING WYE RIVER MEMORANDUM, PALESTINE OBSERVER TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION

19990205 Draft Resolution Recommends Meeting of Parties to Fourth Geneva Convention; Israel Says Such a Meeting Precedent for 'Politicized Application' of Convention

18 December 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3282

SECRETARY-GENERAL WOULD BE GIVEN ESTIMATE OF $2.545 BILLION TO PREPARE PROPOSED PROGRAMME BUDGET FOR 2000-2001, BY FIFTH COMMITTEE TEXT

19981218 As Committee Concludes Work for Main Part of Fifty-third Session, Texts Also Approved on 1998-1999 Programme Budget, International Tribunals