The Prosecutor for the International Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, Carla Del Ponte, told the Security Council this morning that an increasingly urgent problem for the Rwanda Tribunal was the length of trials and pre-trial detention faced by most accused.
The Preparatory Committee for the Special Session of the General Assembly in 2001 for Follow-up to the World Summit for Children met this morning to conclude its first substantive session. As it did so, it adopted a report on its work for the four-day session.
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Following is the text of the message of General Assembly President Theo- Ben Gurirab (Namibia), on the occasion of World Environment Day:
Concluding Work for Resumed 54th Session, Committee Approves 27 Draft Resolutions and Eight Draft Decisions; UNIFIL Draft Put to Vote
The General Assembly special session, "Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty-first Century", also known as Beijing + 5, will be held at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 5 to 9 June.
The Preparatory Committee laying the groundwork for a high-level conference on financing for development this afternoon concluded its first substantive session, agreeing to a substantive preliminary agenda, covering among others, capital flows, external debt, trade and aid.
In Address to Foreign Affairs College of China, President Discusses Issues Related to Poverty, Globalization and Humanitarian Intervention
