General Assembly

20 October 1997

Press Release
GA/DIS/3082/

DIVERGENT APPROACHES TOWARDS NUCLEAR-WEAPON ELIMINATION HIGHLIGHTED IN FIRST COMMITTEE DEBATE

19971020 Some Speakers Cite Success of Bilateral Negotiations, Others Say Process of Achieving Elimination Must Be Multilateral

CORRECTION

20 October 1997

Press Release
GA/AB/3170

FAILURE TO REDUCE US ASSESSMENTS COULD SERIOUSLY DAMAGE ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH UN, FIFTH COMMITTEE IS TOLD

19971020 Fourteen Speakers Take Part in First Day of Debate on Scale of Assessments

17 October 1997

Press Release
GA/SPD/112

17 October 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3415

GLOBAL 'ANAESTHESIA' EXISTS TO PAIN OF AGEING, DISABLED, IRAN TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE

19971017 Says Problems Confronting Those Groups 'Global in Scale'; Committee Concludes Consideration of Social Development Issues

17 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3043

SPEAKERS CRITICIZE COERCIVE, UNILATERAL MEASURES TAKEN BY CERTAIN STATES AS LEGAL COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DEBATE ON LAW DECADE

19971017

As the Sixth Committee (Legal) this morning concluded its debate on the United Nations Decade of International Law (1990-1999), a number of representatives criticized coercive and unilateral measures taken by certain States and stressed that international law should be upheld.

17 October 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2767

ROLE OF GOVERNMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER STRESSED BY REPUBLIC OF KOREA IN ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE

19971017 Organization's Reform Process Must Correct Neglect towards UN Agencies in Science and Technology Field

17 October 1997

Press Release
GA/DIS/3084

NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY PROMPTING NUCLEAR-WEAPON TECHNOLOGY RACE, INDIA TELLS DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

19971017 Says Loopholes in Treaty Being Exploited; Pakistan Calls India's Possession of Chemical Weapons 'Rude Surprise'

17 October 1997

Press Release
GA/AB/3169

FIFTH COMMITTEE BEGINS DISCUSSION TO DETERMINE STATES' CONTRIBUTION FOR 1998-2000, MONDAY, 20 OCTOBER

19971017 Background Release Eight Sets of Proposals on Scale Of Assessments Include Lowering Ceiling, Floor Rates

17 October 1997

Press Release
GA/9334

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ENDORSES CLOSER LINKS BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS AND AGENCY FOR CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION

19971017 Role in Conflict Prevention, Human Rights Stressed; Debate On Outcome of World Summit for Social Development Is Concluded

17 October 1997

Press Release
GA/9332/

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT CAN BE HARMED BY GLOBALIZATION, STRUCTURAL READJUSTMENT DEMANDS, GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS TOLD ADDENDUM

19971017

In Press Release GA/9332 of 16 October, the following should be added at the end of page 13:

ION GORITA (Romania) said that his country subscribed to the statement by Luxembourg, on behalf of the European Union, but he wished to highlight a few specific points.