General Assembly

8 October 1997

Press Release
GA/SPD/108

GENERAL ASSEMBLY WOULD URGE MAINTENANCE OF DECOLONIZATION UNIT IN POLITICAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, UNDER TERMS OF FOURTH COMMITTEE TEXT

19971008 New Zealand Says Unit's Transfer, as Part of Reform, Sends Wrong Signal about Decolonization's Importance

8 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3038

8 October 1997

Press Release
GA/9328

8 October 1997

Press Release
GA/9311/

UNITED NATIONS REFORM MUST TAKE DUE ACCOUNT OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES' CONCERNS, PRIME MINISTER OF MOROCCO TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CORRECTION

19971008

In Press Release GA/9311 of 25 September, the fourth and fifth paragraphs on page 12 should read as follows:

7 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3037

7 October 1997

Press Release
GA/AB/3167

SECRETARIAT PRACTICE OF MAINTAINING HIGHER-THAN-MANDATED VACANCY RATES TO SAVE FUNDS SHOULD BE STOPPED IMMEDIATELY, GROUP OF 77 TELLS FIFTH COMMITTEE

19971007 Committee Discusses Impact of Approved Savings On Mandated Activities; Concludes Debate on Peacekeeping Financing

7 October 1997

Press Release
GA/9327

7 October 1997

Press Release
GA/9326

IMPACT ON SMALL ISLAND STATES OF ENVIRONMENT, NEW TRADE REGIME, STRESSED THIS MORNING BY PRIME MINISTER OF VANUATU, FOREIGN MINISTER OF BAHAMAS

19971007

Assembly Hears Foreign Ministers of Uzbekistan, Seychelles, Equatorial Guinea, Kyrqyzstan, Bahamas; Representative of Central African Republic

6 October 1997

Press Release
GA/SPD/107

TRANSFER OF DECOLONIZATION UNIT OUT OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT UNDERMINES UN DECOLONIZATION PROGRAMME, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19971006 Speakers Oppose Unit's Transfer to General Assembly Affairs Department, as Fourth Committee Begins Debate on Decolonization Issues

6 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3036

SPEAKERS IN LEGAL COMMITTEE WELCOME ADOPTION OF UNCITRAL'S MODEL LAW ON CROSS-BORDER INSOLVENCY

19971006 Chairman of UNCITRAL Calls for More Resources for Its Secretariat, Greater Efforts to Make Commission's Texts Known in Developing Countries