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GA/DIS/3121
DRAFT RESOLUTION AIMING FOR 'NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE WORLD' INTRODUCED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE
19981027 Nuclear-Weapon States Say Text Fails to Recognize Disarmament Progress; Chemical Weapons, Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Among Six Other Texts Introduced
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GA/9488
ASSEMBLY HEARS CALLS FOR INCREASED FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
19981027While official development assistance (ODA) was important, the way forward for the development of Africa was not through aid, but through foreign direct investment and the acquisition of skills and technologies, the representative of Malaysia told the General Assembly this afternoon.
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GA/9487
WORLD COURT MUST HAVE RESOURCES TO MEET DEMANDS OF INCREASING WORKLOAD INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE PRESIDENT TELLS ASSEMBLY
19981027 Reviewing Implementation of New Agenda for African Development in 1990s European Union Pledges Greater Market Access to Least Developed States by 2000
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AFR/111
L/2901
RWANDA TRIBUNAL REGISTRAR SAYS DETAINEES HUNGER STRIKE UNWARRANTED
19981027ARUSHA, 26 October (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda) -- Following is a statement by the Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on the assignment of defence counsel to detainees at the United Nations detention facilities in Arusha.
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SG/SM/6773
AFR/110
SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES PARTIES TO CONFLICT IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO TO SHOW STATESMANSHIP NEEDED TO REACH COMPROMISE FOR IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE
19981026 The following statement on the Lusaka meeting on the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
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SG/SM/6772
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS SUPPORT UNITED NATIONS GOALS AND VALUES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO CANDLELIGHT VIGIL
19981026Following is the text of a message to the Third Worldwide Candlelight Vigil, held to draw attention to the Organization's financial situation, delivered Friday, 23 October, by Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations Gillian Sorensen, on behalf of Secretary-General Kofi Annan: