General Assembly

15 October 1997

Press Release
GA/9330

ASSEMBLY AUTHORIZES $4.2 MILLION TO CLEAR INVENTORY BACKLOG AT UNITED NATIONS LOGISTICS BASE IN BRINDISI, ITALY

19971015 Also Authorizes $812,000 Monthly Commitment To Maintain Base from 16 October 1997 - 30 June 1998

14 October 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3414

SOCIO-ECONOMIC DISPARITIES AMONG WORLD'S PEOPLE REPRESENT AN AFFRONT TO HUMAN DIGNITY, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

19971014 Nepal Calls for Efforts to Correct Situation Marked by 'Islands of Prosperity Among Continents of Poverty'

14 October 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3413

14 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3041

LEGAL COMMITTEE BEGINS REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL LAW DECADE

19971014 Mongolia Offers Proposal on Adoption of Guiding Principles For Negotiations; Debate on Strengthening UN Charter Is Concluded

The Sixth Committee (Legal) this afternoon began discussion of the United Nations Decade of International Law, 1990-1999, with Mongolia introducing a proposal calling for the adoption of guiding principles for international negotiations.

14 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3040/

SUPPORT EXPRESSED IN LEGAL COMMITTEE FOR EXPERT GROUP TO STUDY MEASURES TO HELP THIRD STATES AFFECTED BY SANCTIONS CORRECTION

19971014

The headline of Press Release GA/L/3040 of 13 October should read as above.

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14 October 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2762

SECOND COMMITTEE HEARS CALL FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY BASED ON RECOGNITION OF OWNERSHIP AND DIGNITY OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

19971014 Sustainable Development of Small Island States, Multilateral Trade And Regional Integration, Transition from Conflict to Development Also Addressed

14 October 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2761

IMPORTANCE OF NATIONAL EXECUTION IN FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY STRESSED BY ZIMBABWE'S REPRESENTATIVE IN SECOND COMMITTEE

19971014 As Debate on World Economic Situation Continues, Role of UN In Counterbalancing Negative Effects of Globalization Addressed by Speakers

14 October 1997

Press Release
GA/DIS/3081

DISARMAMENT PACE ACCELERATING THROUGH BOLD, PRACTICAL INCREMENTS, UNITED STATES TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE

19971014 Russian Federation Cites Own Efforts to Limit Enriched Uranium, Plutonium; Two Approaches to Landmine Issue Also Addressed, as General Debate Continues

14 October 1997

Press Release
GA/9329

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS FIVE STATES TO FILL NON-PERMANENT SECURITY COUNCIL SEATS

19971014 Two-Year Terms of Bahrain, Brazil, Gabon, Gambia, Slovenia Will Begin 1 January 1998

13 October 1997

Press Release
GA/SPD/111

UN SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC RADIATION SHOULD CONDUCT STUDIES AIMED AT ASSISTING AFFECTED POPULATIONS, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19971013 Also, Fourth Committee Concludes General Debate on Decolonization