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TEST-BAN TREATY CROWNED 40-YEAR EFFORT TO HALT TEST EXPLOSIONS, DISARMAMENT AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE TOLD

GA/DIS/3148
19 October 1999


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GA/DIS/3148


TEST-BAN TREATY CROWNED 40-YEAR EFFORT TO HALT TEST EXPLOSIONS, DISARMAMENT AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE TOLD

19991019

Compliance Regime for Treaty Described as ‘Stable and Durable’; US Test-Ban Rejection, Israel's Nuclear Capability Also Addressed

PROMISE OF ACCELERATED DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION "LARGELY EVAPORATED", SECOND COMMITTEE IS TOLD

GA/EF/2871
19 October 1999


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GA/EF/2871


PROMISE OF ACCELERATED DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ‘LARGELY EVAPORATED’, SECOND COMMITTEE IS TOLD

19991019

Without Integration of All Countries in World Economy, Developing Countries Cannot Keep Pace with Societies of North

HABITAT AGENDA, HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION AMONG ISSUES WEIGHED IN SECOND COMMITTEE DEBATE

GA/EF/2872
19 October 1999


Press Release
GA/EF/2872


HABITAT AGENDA, HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION AMONG ISSUES WEIGHED IN SECOND COMMITTEE DEBATE

19991019

Delegates Hear Arguments for and against Proposed UN Conference on International Migration and Development

LEGAL COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DISCUSSION OF UNITED NATIONS DECADE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

GA/L/3113
19 October 1999


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GA/L/3113


LEGAL COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DISCUSSION OF UNITED NATIONS DECADE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

19991019

As delegations generally hailed the legislative achievements of the Decade on International Law (1990-1999), several speakers in the Sixth Committee (Legal) this afternoon stressed the need for the views and concerns of developing nations to be better reflected in future codification efforts.

TRAFFICKING IN DRUGS, ARMS AND PEOPLE THREATENS FIBRE OF INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY, LIBYA TELLS AFTERNOON MEETING OF THIRD COMMITTEE

GA/SHC/3531
19 October 1999


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GA/SHC/3531


TRAFFICKING IN DRUGS, ARMS AND PEOPLE THREATENS FIBRE OF INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY, LIBYA TELLS AFTERNOON MEETING OF THIRD COMMITTEE

19991019

Capital Punishment Supported by Other Speakers

IN UN DAY MESSAGE, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS UN FOUNDING PURPOSES, IDEALS REMAIN AS VALID TODAY AS 54 YEARS AGO

GA/SM/111
19 October 1999


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GA/SM/111
OBV/117


IN UN DAY MESSAGE, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS UN FOUNDING PURPOSES, IDEALS REMAIN AS VALID TODAY AS 54 YEARS AGO

19991019

Following is the message of the President of the General Assembly, Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia), on United Nations Day, which will be observed 24 October:

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, IN STATEMENT TO WORLD FOOD DAY OBSERVANCE, STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF YOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER

GA/SM/112
19 October 1999


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GA/SM/112
OBV/119


GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, IN STATEMENT TO WORLD FOOD DAY OBSERVANCE, STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF YOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER

19991019

Following is the statement of the President of the General Assembly Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia) delivered to the World Food Day observance at Headquarters on 19 October: