Fourth Committee

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GA/SPD/166

FOURTH COMMITTEE, CONTINUING PEACEKEEPING DEBATE, HEARS VIEWS ON HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION, NEED FOR LEGAL FRAMEWORKS

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GA/SPD/165

SAFETY OF PEACEKEEPING AND ASSOCIATED STAFF STRESSED IN FOURTH COMMITTEE’S DEBATE

Double standards were increasingly used in peacekeeping operations, the representative of China told the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) this afternoon as it continued its general debate on the whole question of peacekeeping in all its aspects.

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GA/SPD/164

‘HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION’, SLOW REIMBURSEMENT RATES ASSAILED AS SPECIAL COMMITTEE REVIEWS PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

Under Secretary-General Paints Broad Peacekeeping Picture, Denmark Cites Need for Swift and Efficient Early-Warning System

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GA/SPD/163

AS FOURTH COMMITTEE CONSIDERS PRACTICES IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES ISRAEL STRESSES FRESH COMMITMENT TO PEACE

Syria, Lebanon Charge Ongoing Rights Violations

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GA/SPD/162/

FOURTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE ISRAELI PRACTICES

CORRECTION

On page 9 of Press Release GA/SPD/162 of 11 October, the name of the representative of the United Arab Emirates should read: ALI AL-HOSANI.

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GA/SPD/162

FOURTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE ISRAELI PRACTICES

Israel’s Judaization of East Jerusalem through demographic transformation was aimed at encouraging Arabs to leave, the representative of Malaysia told the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) this afternoon.

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GA/SPD/161

FOURTH COMMITTEE, ACTING ON DECOLONIZATION ISSUES, APPROVES EIGHT DRAFT RESOLUTIONS AND TWO DRAFT DECISIONS

Eight draft resolutions and two draft decisions on decolonization issues were approved by the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) this morning.

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GA/SPD/160

SPECIAL POLITICAL AND DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE

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GA/SPD/159

FOURTH COMMITTEE HEARS PETITIONERS ON GUAM, WESTERN SAHARA, NEW CALEDONIA AND EAST TIMOR

The colonized people of Guam would vote on its status by 4 July 2000, a representative of that Territory’s Governor told the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) this afternoon, as the Committee continued consideration of decolonization issues and heard petitioners.

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GA/SPD/158

DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE HEARS PETITIONERS ON GIBRALTAR, BEGINS GENERAL DEBATE

In this day and age, Gibraltar was neither Spain’s to claim nor the United Kingdom’s to give away -– it was the homeland of the people of Gibraltar, who were the only ones to determine their own political future, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) was told this morning as it heard requests for hearing.