General Assembly

2 November 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2844

EMPOWERMENT OF POOR, WITH ACCESS TO ASSETS AND MARKETS, SEEN AS KEY IN WAR AGAINST GLOBAL POVERTY

19981102 UNDP Official Tells Economic Committee Individuals Should Be Participants in Programmes, Not `Passive Recipients of Handouts'

2 November 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2843

ECONOMIC COMMITTEE TAKES UP ISSUE OF POVERTY ERADICATION; CHINA URGES ROLE FOR THOSE AFFECTED IN FRAMING PROGRAMMES

19981102 Debate Concluded on Action to Help Least Developed Countries

2 November 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3126

DRAFT TEXT CALLING FOR REVIEW OF NUCLEAR DOCTRINES, INTRODUCED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

19981102 Eleven Other Drafts Introduced Concerning, among Others, Nuclear Testing, Middle East, Regional Disarmament, Small Arms in Africa

2 November 1998

Press Release
GA/9494

2 November 1998

Press Release
GA/9493

ECONOMIC, DISARMAMENT CONTRIBUTIONS OF ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY HIGHLIGHTED AS DIRECTOR-GENERAL PRESENTS REPORT TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19981102 Assembly Also Appropriates $78.2 million for Peacekeeping Missions; Calls for Assistance to Central American States Affected by Hurricane Mitch

30 October 1998

Press Release
GA/SHC/3490

ASSEMBLY WOULD CALL ON GOVERNMENTS TO CRIMINALIZE TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN AND GIRLS, BY ONE OF FOUR TEXTS APPROVED BY THIRD COMMITTEE

19981030 As Committee Concludes Discussion on Human Rights Instruments, Speakers Urge Help for Developing Countries Efforts To Report on Human Rights

30 October 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2842

EXTERNAL DEBT BURDEN AN OBSTACLE CRIPPLING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, SECOND COMMITTEE HEARS

19981030 Equal Access to Markets Emphasized In Discussions of Trade And Development Issues

30 October 1998

Press Release
GA/EF/2841

TRADE PROTECTIONISM DISGUISED AS ENVIRONMENTAL AND LABOUR LAW SHOULD BE ELIMINATED, SECOND COMMITTEE TOLD

19981030

Trade protectionism disguised as environmental and labour laws should be eliminated by industrialized countries, the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) was told this morning, as it considered macroeconomic policy questions.

30 October 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3125

30 October 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3124

DRAFT RESOLUTION ON BILATERAL NUCLEAR ARMS NEGOTIATIONS INTRODUCED BY UNITED STATES IN FIRST COMMITTEE

19981030 Texts Also Introduced on Fissile Material, Middle East, Register of Conventional Arms, Military Expenditures, Information Programme