Press Release
GA/AB/3338
EXPENDITURE ON HUMAN RIGTHS IS MONEY WELL SPENT, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD
19991109Committee Takes up Proposed Programme Budget Part on Human Rights and Humanitarian Assistance
Committee Takes up Proposed Programme Budget Part on Human Rights and Humanitarian Assistance
The negative atmosphere during Fifth Committee discussions of the work of the Office of Internal Oversight Services must be overcome, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) was told this morning, as it concluded its general discussion of the annual report of that Office.
Cuba Equates Blockade's Effects with Genocide; United States Calls It Matter of Bilateral Trade Policy
The following statement was issued by the Office of Deputy Secretary- General Louise Fréchette at Headquarters on 9 November:
ON DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH AGENDA ON AGEING FOR THE NEXT CENTURY
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
(Reissued as received.)
Delegates Warn of Risks in Economic Globalization, Urge Efforts to Bridge Growing Gap Between Rich and Poor Countries
Schools in Some Nations said to Have Virtual Hymn to Intolerance - Proclaiming Countrys Own Religion as Only One