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SECURITY COUNCIL WORKING METHODS CALLED SECRETIVE, RIGID, EXCLUSIONARY, AS ASSEMBLY CONSIDERS ANNUAL COUNCIL REPORT

GA/9637
20 October 1999


Press Release
GA/9637


SECURITY COUNCIL WORKING METHODS CALLED SECRETIVE, RIGID, EXCLUSIONARY, AS ASSEMBLY CONSIDERS ANNUAL COUNCIL REPORT

19991020

‘Regional Military Intervention’ in Kosovo Post-Second World War Europe’s Biggest Humanitarian Disaster, Says China

SECURITY COUNCIL CRITICIZED FOR SECRECY, SLOW RESPONSE IN AFRICA AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF COUNCIL"S REPORT

GA/9638
20 October 1999


Press Release
GA/9638


SECURITY COUNCIL CRITICIZED FOR SECRECY, SLOW RESPONSE IN AFRICA AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF COUNCIL’S REPORT

19991020

While the Security Council's own rules required it to meet in public, the option to meet privately had become the rule rather than the exception, the representative of Mexico told the General Assembly this afternoon, as it continued its consideration of the Council's annual report.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY WOULD RECOGNIZE IMPROVEMENTS IN UN PROCUREMENT MADE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL, ACCORDING TO TEXT APPROVED BY FIFTH COMMITTEE

GA/AB/3317
20 October 1999


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GA/AB/3317


GENERAL ASSEMBLY WOULD RECOGNIZE IMPROVEMENTS IN UN PROCUREMENT MADE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL, ACCORDING TO TEXT APPROVED BY FIFTH COMMITTEE

19991020

Committee Concludes Discussion of Scale of Assessments, Pattern Of Conferences and JIU; Fails To Approve Text on Development Account

DESPITE TEST-BAN REJECTION, COMMITMENT TO ARMS CONTROL 'UNWAVERING', UNITED STATES TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE, AS GENERAL DEBATE CONCLUDES

GA/DIS/3149
20 October 1999


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GA/DIS/3149


DESPITE TEST-BAN REJECTION, COMMITMENT TO ARMS CONTROL 'UNWAVERING', UNITED STATES TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE, AS GENERAL DEBATE CONCLUDES

19991020

Canada Says Test-Ban Failure Would Be 'Serious Blow' to Disarmament; Outer Space Arms Race, ABM Treaty, Security Doctrines Also Addressed

RULES OF DEVELOPMENT GAME "LOADED" AGAINST POOR COUNTRIES, SECOND COMMITTEE HEARS AS IT CONCLUDES DEBATE

GA/EF/2873
20 October 1999


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GA/EF/2873


RULES OF DEVELOPMENT GAME ‘LOADED’ AGAINST POOR COUNTRIES, SECOND COMMITTEE HEARS AS IT CONCLUDES DEBATE

19991020

Speakers Stress Crucial Role of External Support, Weight Pros and Cons of Conference on International Migration

LEGAL COMMITTEE REVIEWS PROGRESS MADE IN SETTING UP WORLD CRIMINAL COURT SPEAKERS URGE AGAINST ALTERING ROME STATUTE IN QUEST FOR UNIVERSALITY

GA/L/3114
20 October 1999


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GA/L/3114


LEGAL COMMITTEE REVIEWS PROGRESS MADE IN SETTING UP WORLD CRIMINAL COURT SPEAKERS URGE AGAINST ALTERING ROME STATUTE IN QUEST FOR UNIVERSALITY

19991020