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GA/9563

UN FALLS SHORT ON MEETING PEACE AND POVERTY CHALLENGES IN AFRICA, AFRICAN HEARING FOR MILLENNIUM ASSEMBLY TOLD

24 June 1999


Press Release
GA/9563
REC/59


UN FALLS SHORT ON MEETING PEACE AND POVERTY CHALLENGES IN AFRICA, AFRICAN HEARING FOR MILLENNIUM ASSEMBLY TOLD

19990624

ADDIS ABABA, 24 June (ECA) -- While the United Nations has made a substantial difference in delivering its mandate over its five decades of existence, it has fallen far short of meeting the twin challenges of peace and security and reducing poverty in Africa.

GA/COL/3010

SPECIAL DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE CONTINUES TO HEAR SPEAKERS ON EAST TIMOR

23 June 1999


Press Release
GA/COL/3010


SPECIAL DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE CONTINUES TO HEAR SPEAKERS ON EAST TIMOR

19990623

The flexibility and innovation of the Indonesian Government and its leading role in finding a settlement was the spark that had made negotiations possible, a petitioner said this afternoon in the Special Committee on the Situation with Regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

GA/COL/3006

CARIBBEAN REGIONAL SEMINAR CONCLUDES IN CASTRIES, ST. LUCIA

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.)

GA/COL/3005

DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE'S CARIBBEAN REGIONAL SEMINAR CONTINUES IN SAINT LUCIA

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.)