Plenary

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GA/9606

QUESTIONS OF SOVEREIGNTY, THE STATE SYSTEM, THE FUTURE OF THE ORGANIZATION RAISED BY GENERAL DEBATE SPEAKERS

The United Nations could not assume that it would survive intact by clinging to structures and processes conceived in 1945, S. Jayakumar, Foreign Minister of Singapore, told the General Assembly as it continued its General Debate this morning. While it was clear that it must now change, less clear was how it should change.

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GA/9607

ASSEMBLY CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE

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GA/9603

CONVENTION TO REPATRIATE AFRICA’S ILLEGALLY TRANSFERRED CAPITAL CALLED FOR BY NIGERIA’S PERSIDENT IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADDRESS

Assembly Continues Debate; Hears Three Heads of State, Two Foreign Ministers, Monaco’s Crown Prince, President of Palestinian Authority

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GA/9604
ENV/DEV/518

TWO-DAY GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION TO REVIEW PROGRESS OF BARBADOS ACTION PROGRAMME BEGINS 27 SEPTEMBER AT HEADQUARTERS

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GA/9605

UNITED NATIONS ALLOWED TO GO INSOLVENT WHEN MUCH MORE DEMANDED OF IT AS CENTRAL MECHANISM FOR MULTILATERAL COOPERATION, ASSEMBLY HEARS

The United Nations had been allowed to go insolvent when so much more was demanded of it as the central mechanism and catalyst for multilateral cooperation, Ali Alatas, the Foreign Minister of Indonesia, told the General Assembly as it continued its general debate this afternoon.

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GA/9602

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY UNWILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE CRISIS IN SOMALIA, PRESIDENT OF DJIBOUTI TELLS ASSEMBLY AS GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES

The Somalian crisis was a tragedy that the international community was unwilling to acknowledge, Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti, told the General Assembly this afternoon as it continued its general debate.

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GA/9600

IMPORTANT LESSONS TO BE LEARNED FROM DIFFICULT YEAR FOR UNITED NATIONS, ASSEMBLY TOLD AS IT CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE

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GA/9599

FAILURE OF NATO TO ACT IN KOSOVO WOULD HAVE RISKED DISCREDITING UN PRINCIPLES, SAYS U.S. PRESIDENT TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Four Heads of State Heard at Morning Meeting

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GA/9595

IMPLICATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE TO EVENTS IN RWANDA, KOSOVO EXAMINED BY SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ADDRESS TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Assembly Opens General Debate, Hearing from 4 Heads of State; President of Algeria Stresses Africa's Concerns on Sovereignty

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GA/9597

MECHANISMS UNDERPINNING GLOBAL ECONOMY SHOULD BE RETHOUGHT TO ENSURE RAPID ECONOMIC GROWTH OF LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, ASSEMBLY TOLD