General Assembly

9 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9378

GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEFERS ACTION ON PROPOSAL TO ENHANCE STATUS OF PALESTINE OBSERVER AT UNITED NATIONS

19971209 Text Withdrawn after Vote Fails to Nullify Amendment; Six Resolutions Adopted on Question of Palestine, Situation in Middle East

9 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9377

GENERAL ASSEMBLY URGES HALT TO QUALITATIVE NUCLEAR WEAPON IMPROVEMENT, CALLS FOR ELIMINATION OF SUCH WEAPONS IN SPECIFIC TIME FRAME

19971209

Adopts 43 Resolutions, 2 Decisions on First Committee Recommendation; Texts Address Wide Range of Disarmament, International Security Issues

9 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9373/

SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM SHOULD REDRESS LONG-STANDING IMBALANCE IN GEOGRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION, GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS TOLD

19971209 ADDENDUM

On page 13 of Press Release GA/9373 of 4 December, the following summary of the statement of the representatives of Slovenia (preceding the summary of the statement by the representative of San Marino) was inadvertently omitted:

8 December 1997

Press Release
GA/AB/3201

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

19971208 Seabed Authority Recommended For Admission in Joint Staff Pension Fund

8 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9376

GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS TOLD RWANDA TRIBUNAL, SMALLER THAN COUNTERPART FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA, IMPORTANT FOR NATIONAL RECONCILIATION

19971208 Delegates Contend Work of Both Bodies Should Presage Permanent International Criminal Court; Situation in Central America also Discussed

8 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9371/

GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS TOLD OF INTERNATIONAL CONCERN TO CONTAIN 'EXPLOSIVE SITUATION' IN MIDDLE EAST CORRECTION

19971208

On page 5 of Press Release GA/9371 of 3 December, on the General Assembly's consideration of the situation in the Middle East, the second sentence of the third paragraph of the statement by Jordan should read, as follows:

5 December 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2806

ASSEMBLY WOULD CONVENE THREE-DAY SPECIAL SESSION IN 1999 TO REVIEW ICPD OUTCOME, HOLD ANOTHER SESSION IN 2001 ON HABITAT AGENDA

19971205 As Recommended by Second Committee Drafts; Text on UNITAR also Approved

5 December 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2805

ASSEMBLY WOULD DECIDE TO CONVENE TWO-DAY RESUMED SESSION OF SECOND COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT, BY DRAFT APPROVED

19971205 Committee also Recommends Convening Third LDCs Conference in 2001, Meeting of Experts on Landlocked and Transit Countries in 1999 by Other Texts

5 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9375

INTERESTS OF SMALLER NATIONS SHOULD BE PROTECTED IN REFORM PROPOSALS FOR SECURITY COUNCIL, AUSTRALIA TELLS ASSEMBLY

19971205

Contributions to Development; Peacekeeping, Human Rights Not To Be Forgotten; Peru Says Use of Veto Power Has Caused Mistrust

5 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9374/

WITHOUT CONSENSUS SUPPORT, ENLARGEMENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL WOULD BE 'FLAWED FROM THE START', ASSEMBLY TOLD

19971205 Speakers Stress Issues of Transparency, Working Methods, Equitable Representation, as Discussion of Council Reform Continues

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