General Assembly

11 August 1998

Press Release
GA/COL/2993

10 August 1998

Press Release
GA/COL/2991

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION BEGINS HEARING OF PETITIONERS ON PUERTO RICO

19980810 Draft Text Reaffirming Inalienable Right of People Of Puerto Rico to Self-Determination and Independence Introduced by Cuba

13 July 1998

Press Release
GA/COL/2990

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION APPROVES DRAFT CALLING FOR COLONIALISM-FREE WORLD BY YEAR 2000

19980713

Parties in New Caledonia Would Be Invited to Continue Peaceful Progress Towards Self-Determination, By Other Text Approved

10 July 1998

Press Release
GA/COL/2989

DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE SEEKS SAFEGUARDS FOR NATURAL RESOURCES IN COLONIAL AND NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES

19980710

Administering Powers Asked to Establish and Maintain Control; Other Texts Deal with `Exploitation', Problems Created by Military Bases

8 July 1998

Press Release
GA/COL/2988

DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE CONSIDERS STATUS OF PACIFIC ISLAND TERRITORY OF TOKELAU, PRAISING ROLE OF ADMINISTERING POWER

19980708 New Zealand Notes Economic Progress, but Fear Of Population That Self-Determination Could Mean Isolation

7 July 1998

Press Release
GA/COL/2987

DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE CALLS FOR CONTINUING FLOW OF SOCIAL, ECONOMIC INFORMATION FROM NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES

19980707

Administering Powers Asked to Cooperate; Statements Heard on Current Situations in Guam, United States Virgin Islands

6 July 1998

Press Release
GA/COL/2986

DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE SEEKS ASSEMBLY CALL FOR PARTIES TO 'CONSOLIDATE' DIALOGUE ON FALKLANDS (MALVINAS) ISSUE

19980706 Consensus Text Says Argentina and United Kingdom Should Work For Solution to Sovereignty Dispute in Line with Assembly Resolutions

2 July 1998

Press Release
GA/COL/2985

DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE IS TOLD SPIRIT OF REFORM IN INDONESIA SHOULD LEAD TO FRESH LOOK AT SITUATION OF EAST TIMOR

19980702 Hearing of Petitioners Concluded; Most Say Large Majority of People in Territory Favour Independence

2 July 1998

Press Release
GA/COL/2983/

EAST TIMOR PETITIONERS PLEAD FOR SELF-DETERMINATION, OTHERS ADVOCATE INTEGRATION WITH INDONESIA CORRECTION

19980702

On page 3 of Press Release GA/COL/2983 of 1 July 1998 the statement attributed to ABILIO SERENO was, in fact, made by BASILIO DIAS ARAUJO of the Indonesian Association of British Alumni of East Timor.

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2 July 1998

Press Release
GA/COL/2984

DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE HEARS EAST TIMORESE PETITIONERS

19980702

The High Commissioner for Human Rights should develop a programme in East Timor tailored to the protection of the human rights of women and children, the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples was told as it continued its hearing of petitioners this morning.