Plenary

16 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9383

GENERAL ASSEMBLY STRONGLY CONDEMNS ATTACKS ON HUMANITARIAN WORKERS, URGES HELP OF GOVERNMENTS TO ENSURE PROTECTION

19971216 Eighteen Texts Adopted, Assistance Sought for Many Countries; Cooperation Between United Nations and Civil Society to be Encouraged

16 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9384

AFGHANISTAN DELEGATE CALLS FOR UNITED NATIONS MEASURES AGAINST CRIMES OF AGGRESSION AND RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN HIS COUNTRY

19971216 Pakistan Tells General Assembly World Body Has Become Marginal; Others Plead for Reconciliation among Contending Parties

15 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9382

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, WITH NO DISSENT, ADOPTS INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR SUPPRESSION OF TERRORIST BOMBINGS

19971215 Comprehensive Text Deals with State Obligations, Need For Preventive Cooperation, Questions of Detention, Extradition, Prosecution

15 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9381

ASSEMBLY INSISTS ON SURRENDER OF ALL INDICTEES TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

19971215 Acting Without Vote, Also Reaffirms Right of Refugees, Displaced Persons To Return Voluntarily to Homes of Origin

12 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9380

GENERAL ASSEMBLY REAFFIRMS RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT AS FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT

19971212 Acts on Reports of Third Committee; Adopts 78 Resolutions, Decisions on Broad Range of Social, Cultural, Humanitarian Questions

10 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9379

ASSEMBLY DEMANDS COMPLETE HALT TO ALL ISRAELI SETTLEMENT ACTIVITIES IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES, ACTING ON FOURTH COMMITTEE REPORTS

19971210 Adopts Texts on Israeli Practices, Palestine Relief Agency, Decolonization, Information, Peacekeeping, Space, Atomic Radiation

9 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9377

GENERAL ASSEMBLY URGES HALT TO QUALITATIVE NUCLEAR WEAPON IMPROVEMENT, CALLS FOR ELIMINATION OF SUCH WEAPONS IN SPECIFIC TIME FRAME

19971209

Adopts 43 Resolutions, 2 Decisions on First Committee Recommendation; Texts Address Wide Range of Disarmament, International Security Issues

9 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9378

GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEFERS ACTION ON PROPOSAL TO ENHANCE STATUS OF PALESTINE OBSERVER AT UNITED NATIONS

19971209 Text Withdrawn after Vote Fails to Nullify Amendment; Six Resolutions Adopted on Question of Palestine, Situation in Middle East

9 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9373/

SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM SHOULD REDRESS LONG-STANDING IMBALANCE IN GEOGRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION, GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS TOLD

19971209 ADDENDUM

On page 13 of Press Release GA/9373 of 4 December, the following summary of the statement of the representatives of Slovenia (preceding the summary of the statement by the representative of San Marino) was inadvertently omitted:

8 December 1997

Press Release
GA/9376

GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS TOLD RWANDA TRIBUNAL, SMALLER THAN COUNTERPART FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA, IMPORTANT FOR NATIONAL RECONCILIATION

19971208 Delegates Contend Work of Both Bodies Should Presage Permanent International Criminal Court; Situation in Central America also Discussed