Other Actions Aimed at Increasing Security of Humanitarian Personnel, Demining Cooperation, Return of Cultural Property; Observer Status Granted to IUCN
Action on Third Committee Texts Also Covers Social Development, Drug Control, Refugees, Womens Issues, Human Rights Violations
Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annans statement on receiving the report of the independent inquiry into the actions of the United Nations during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda:
This is the text of a statement by the President of the General Assembly, Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia), in the plenary debate on Security Council membership and related matters, delivered on 16 December:
Speakers Address Veto Privilege and Expansion of Council Membership
If the permanent members of the Security Council agreed to limit the scope of their privileges, they would be giving a tangible sign of their political will to reform the Council and of their desire to adapt it to present realities, the General Assembly was told this afternoon.
The General Assembly this morning demanded that all parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina facilitate the full implementation of all aspects of the New York Declaration, adopted on 15 November -- in particular, the Principles on the Establishment of a State Border Service -- in a timely manner.
Also Elects New Members to World Food Programme Board, Accounting Standards Expert Group; Considers World Court Advisory Opinion
