General Assembly

14 October 1998

Press Release
GA/9479

ASSEMBLY URGES STATES TO REPEAL OR INVALIDATE LAWS WITH EXTRATERRITORIAL EFFECT ON SOVEREIGNTY, FREE TRADE, NAVIGATION OF OTHER STATES

19981014 Adopts Resolution on Need to End United States Embargo on Cuba, Voting 157 in Favour, 2 Against (Israel, United States), with 12 Abstentions

13 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SPD/137

13 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SPD/135/

MAJORITY OF NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM SPECIAL DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE LIST, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19981013 CORRECTION

On the last paragraph of page 9 of Press Release GA/SPD/135 of 9 October, the country of the representative who made the intervention was inadvertently omitted. It should read as follows: ROKAN HAMA AL-ANBUGE (Iraq).

13 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3472

VULNERABILITY OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO ILLICIT DRUG TRADE HIGHLIGHTED IN THIRD COMMITTEE DEBATE

19981013 Committee Concludes Discussion of Crime Prevention, Drug Control; Speakers Emphasize Difficulties of Combatting Global Crime with Few Resources

13 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3471

POVERTY AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMBALANCES MUST BE ADDRESSED IN FIGHT AGAINST ILLICIT DRUGS, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

19981013 Committee Hears Call for Additional Resources for UNDCP

13 October 1998

Press Release
GA/L/3072

SIXTH COMMITTEE (LEGAL) CONCLUDES TWO-DAY DISCUSSION OF UNCITRAL REPORT

19981013

The Sixth Committee (Legal) this afternoon concluded its two-day consideration of the 1998 session of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), hearing an urgent appeal from the Commission's Chairman for more resources to meet growing demands for its training and technical assistance programmes.

13 October 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2823

13 October 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3109

NUCLEAR TESTS BY INDIA, PAKISTAN UNDERMINED NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION REGIME, JAPAN TELLS DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

19981013 Australia Acknowledges Threat of Testing, but Highlights Recent Disarmament Achievements, As General Debate Continues

12 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SPD/136

FOURTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DEBATE ON DECOLONIZATION MATTERS

19981012

The United States delegation should study carefully the draft resolution on Guam and begin the process of consultation with the people of that Territory, the representative of Papua New Guinea said this afternoon as the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) concluded its discussion of decolonization matters.

12 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SPD/135/

MAJORITY OF NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM SPECIAL DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE LIST, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD CORRECTION

19981012

On page 11 of Press Release GA/SPD/135 of 9 October, the representative speaking for Iran was MEHDI YOUSEFI, not MEHDI DANESH YAZDI.

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