Press Release

15 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3042

LEGAL COMMITTEE DISCUSSES PLANS TO MARK CENTENNIAL, IN 1999, OF FIRST INTERNATIONAL PEACE CONFERENCE

19971015 Draft Resolution Would Invite Netherlands and Russian Federation to Work on Programme of Action for Worldwide Observances

15 October 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2764

PLIGHT OF LANDLOCKED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN GLOBALIZATION CONTEXT STRESSED BY SPEAKERS IN ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE

19971015 Special Needs of Small Island States and of Those Affected by Economic Sanctions against their Neighbours also Discussed

15 October 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2763

EXTERNAL DEBT PROBLEM IS 'ECONOMIC AIDS' OF LATIN AMERICA, REPRESENTATIVE OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE

19971015 Committee also Hears Calls For Expansion of Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Debt Initiative

15 October 1997

Press Release
GA/DIS/3082

DIVERGENT APPROACHES TOWARDS NUCLEAR-WEAPON ELIMINATION HIGHLIGHTED IN FIRST COMMITTEE DEBATE

19971015 Some Speakers Cite Success of Bilateral Negotiations, Others Say Process of Achieving Elimination Must Be Multilateral

15 October 1997

Press Release
GA/9330

ASSEMBLY AUTHORIZES $4.2 MILLION TO CLEAR INVENTORY BACKLOG AT UNITED NATIONS LOGISTICS BASE IN BRINDISI, ITALY

19971015 Also Authorizes $812,000 Monthly Commitment To Maintain Base from 16 October 1997 - 30 June 1998

15 October 1997

Press Release
AFR/21
SC/6428*

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON SIERRA LEONE HOLDS FIRST MEETING

19971015 Council Resolution 1132 (1997) Asked Committee To Supervise Oil and Arms Embargo, Travel Restrictions on Military Junta

15 October 1997

Press Release

NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS WORLDWIDE EVENTS TO MARK INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR ERADICATION OF POVERTY

19971015

United Nations Observances Will Aim To Increase Awareness Of Global Scourge, Promote Action To Alleviate Social Deprivation

14 October 1997

Press Release
WFP/1046

WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME BARGE CONVOY ON NILE RIVER BRINGS AID TO HUNGER-RAVAGED REGION OF SOUTHERN SUDAN

19971014 Team Will Cross Front Lines to Deliver Supplies In Areas Contested by Government and Rebel Factions

14 October 1997

Press Release
PAL/1847

14 October 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3414

SOCIO-ECONOMIC DISPARITIES AMONG WORLD'S PEOPLE REPRESENT AN AFFRONT TO HUMAN DIGNITY, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

19971014 Nepal Calls for Efforts to Correct Situation Marked by 'Islands of Prosperity Among Continents of Poverty'