General Assembly, Reviewing Causes of Conflict and Economic Consequences, Is Told Debt Relief, Better Trading Terms, Help Against AIDS are Key Factors
Renews Mandate of Guatemala Verification Mission
Donor countries pledged some $172 million in support of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), at a meeting this morning of the Ad Hoc Committee of the General Assembly for the Announcement of Voluntary Contributions to UNRWA.
Also Discusses Return, Restitution of Cultural Property; United Nations Cooperation with Organization of African Unity
Texts from Fourth Committee Also Adopted on Issues of Outer Space, Declaration on Decolonization, Situation of Palestine Refugees
The General Assembly this morning called for an agreement to be drafted to regulate the relationship between the United Nations and the Preparatory Commission for the organization that will eventually monitor the implementation of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT).
CORRECTION
On page three of Press Release GA/9670 issued 29 November, the summary of document A/54/L.46, which contains amendments to the draft resolution on the Code of Democratic Conduct, was inadvertently abbreviated. The summary should read as follows:
Adopts Six Texts; Concludes Discussion of Middle East, Palestine
The General Assembly this morning reaffirmed the necessity of achieving a peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine, which it identified once more as the core of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
The representative of Israel this afternoon reiterated to the General Assembly that Jerusalem was the united capital of the State of Israel, as established by King David more than 3000 years ago.
