Plenary

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GA/9775

GLOBALIZATION JUST NEW NAME FOR OLD UNJUST SYSTEM,GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD, AS GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES

Calling globalization “the latest buzzword”, Theo-Ben Gurirab, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Namibia told the General Assembly’s general debate this morning that it was merely a new name for an old, cruel and unjust system that had long been willy-nilly imposed upon the peoples of the Third World.

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GA/9776

EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE NARCOTIC DRUGS AND COMBAT DRUG-TRAFFICKING DESCRIBED DURING ASSEMBLY DEBATE

The situation in Myanmar had been under unfair scrutiny and the subject of political pressure by a number of powerful countries for quite some time, that country’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, U Win Aung, told the fifty-fifth general session of the General Assembly as it met this afternoon to continue its general debate.

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GA/9773

ASSEMBLY HEARS RANGE OF SPEAKERS AS GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES

Palestine, Panama, Indonesia among Issues Surveyed; Contradiction between National Sovereignty, Humanitarian Intervention Stressed

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GA/9774

SOLIDARITY AND CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH DEVELOPED WORLD NEEDED FOR SUCCESS IN STRUGGLE FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA, ASSEMBLY TOLD

Assembly Continues General Debate

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GA/9771

CONTINUING GENERAL DEBATE, ASSEMBLY HEARS STATEMENTS ON MIDEAST SECURITY, STRATEGIC STABILITY, HORN OF AFRICA

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GA/9772

EMPHASIS PLACED ON IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY AND PEACE-BUILDING IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE

It would be simplistic and incorrect wishful thinking to suggest that the United Nations intervene in internal armed conflicts across the board, Sri Lanka's Minister for Foreign Affairs said this afternoon as the General Assembly continued its general debate.

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GA/9770

REGIONAL SECURITY COOPERATION, TRAFFIC IN SMALL ARMS, CONFLICT DIAMONDS AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED, AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE

Hears from Eight Foreign Ministers

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GA/9769

SPEAKERS IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S DEBATE ADDRESS ISSUES OF STATE SOVEREIGNTY, PROBLEMS OF GLOBALIZATION

Prime Minister of Fiji, Foreign Ministers of Czech Republic, San Marino, Turkey, Hungary, Slovenia, Oman, Suriname Make Statements

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GA/9768

SPEAKERS IN ASSEMBLY DEBATE ADDRESS DISARMAMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS, DEVELOPMENT AND GENDER ISSUES

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GA/9767

SOMALIA’S PRESIDENT DESCRIBES FIRST STEP IN NEW ERA OF PEACE, STABILITY AS FIFTY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUES DEBATE

Foreign Ministers of Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Portugal, Iceland, United Arab Emirates, Cuba, New Zealand, Côte d’Ivoire, Iran Also Speak