General Assembly

15 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9381

ASSEMBLY INSISTS ON SURRENDER OF ALL INDICTEES TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

19971215 Acting Without Vote, Also Reaffirms Right of Refugees, Displaced Persons To Return Voluntarily to Homes of Origin

12 December 1997

Press Release
GA/SPD/130*

FOURTH COMMITTEE CALLS FOR END TO ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS, SUPPORTS POLITICAL EDUCATION IN NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES

19971212 Committee Texts Adopted by Assembly Also Address Peacekeeping, Information, Palestinian Refugees, Outer Space, Atomic Radiation

12 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9380

GENERAL ASSEMBLY REAFFIRMS RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT AS FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT

19971212 Acts on Reports of Third Committee; Adopts 78 Resolutions, Decisions on Broad Range of Social, Cultural, Humanitarian Questions

11 December 1997

Press Release
GA/DIS/3102*

NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT ISSUES DOMINATE FIRST COMMITTEE DEBATE, WITH DIFFERENCES OVER PACE, FORM, GOAL OF NEGOTIATIONS

19971211 Of 45 Disarmament Texts, 14 Concern Nuclear Weapons; Debate Multilateral, Bilateral Approaches to Nuclear Disarmament

10 December 1997

Press Release
GA/AB/3204

MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AFFECTING STAFFING CONFIGURATION SHOULD BE EXAMINED, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19971210 Committee Concludes Debate on Budgetary Implications Of Reform Proposals; Continues Discussing Secretariat Composition

10 December 1997

Press Release
GA/AB/3203

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES CONSIDERING IMPLICATIONS OF REFORM PROPOSALS ON UNITED NATIONS BUDGET AND PROGRAMMES

19971210 United States To Withhold Payment if Adjusted Ceiling Exceeded; Future Proposals by Group of 77 and China May Increase Budget Level

10 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9379

ASSEMBLY DEMANDS COMPLETE HALT TO ALL ISRAELI SETTLEMENT ACTIVITIES IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES, ACTING ON FOURTH COMMITTEE REPORTS

19971210 Adopts Texts on Israeli Practices, Palestine Relief Agency, Decolonization, Information, Peacekeeping, Space, Atomic Radiation

9 December 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2808*

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CURRENT PHASE OF ITS WORK

19971209 Approves Texts on Anti-Desertification, Biodiversity, Climate Change Conventions; Decides Not To Take Action on Business and Development

9 December 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2806

SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES SIX DRAFTS ON DEVELOPMENT MATTERS BY VOTE

19971209

9 December 1997

Press Release
GA/AB/3202

FIFTH COMMITTEE DISCUSSES COMPOSITION OF SECRETARIAT, APPROVES TWO DRAFTS ON BUDGETARY EFFECTS OF TEXTS CURRENTLY BEFORE ASSEMBLY

19971209 Approved Drafts Concern Disarmament Research Institute and Economic and Social Council Decisions