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Press Release
GA/L/3039
SPEAKERS IN LEGAL COMMITTEE SAYS SANCTIONS SHOULD BE USED SPARINGLY
19971013Sanctions should be used sparingly and special mechanisms adopted to minimize losses suffered by third countries due to their imposition, the Sixth Committee (Legal) was told this morning as it continued its discussion of the subject and other issues contained in the report of the Special Committee on the Charter.
Press Release
GA/EF/2760
UNITED NATIONS REFORM MUST TACKLE INADEQUACY OF RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE TOLD
19971013Settling the serious inadequacy of development resources was an important component of United Nations reform, the representative of China told the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) this afternoon, as it continued its general debate on the world economic situation.
Press Release
GA/EF/2759
COSTS OF GLOBALIZATION, FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED AS SECOND COMMITTEE DEBATE ON WORLD ECONOMIC SITUATION BEGINS
19971013USG for Economic and Social Affairs Says Development Cooperation Involves Emergence of Shared Values and Solidarity as Basis of Relations among Nations