Speech to New York Group Acknowledges Sense of Exclusion and Calls For Mutual Understanding, Recognizing Jewish Contribution to World Body
NEW YORK, 10 December (Office of Legal Affairs) -- The Legal Counsel of the United Nations has awarded the fourteenth Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Memorial Fellowship on the Law of the Sea to Fathima Razni Mulafer of Sri Lanka, with a special award to Derrick F.P. Oderson of Barbados, and has selected Salieu Kabba Sankoh of Sierra Leone as the third ranking candidate.
Resolution 1283 (1999) Adopted Unanimously
Secretary-General Calls for More Effective Engagement, Better Coordination Between Council, African Regional Organizations
All the new developments and information about the United Nations General Assembly Special Session to follow-up the 1995 Social Summit, which will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 26-30 June, 2000, are available on a new Web site at the Internet address http://www.un.org/esa/socdev.
Two More Development-Related Decisions Approved; Action on Remaining Draft Resolutions Expected Tomorrow
Also Takes Decisions on Level Of Peacekeeping Assessments of Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga
Text on Central America also Approved; UN Self-Examination Welcomed as Debate Begins on Situation in Bosnia and Herzergovina
Hears Tributes to Late Croatian President, Franjo Tudjman
The General Assembly this morning appealed to all Member States to forge global cooperation to ensure a timely and effective response to computer problems emanating from the year 2000 date conversion, also known as "Y2K".
