As Debate Concludes Speakers Raise Issues of Humanitarian Intervention, Sunset Clauses Peacekeeping
UNITED NATIONS DAY AT HEADQUARTERS, 23 OCTOBER
The Secretary-General flew to Washington, D.C. on Monday afternoon, 18 October, for a two-day visit. On arrival, he taped an interview for the public television programme NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. That evening, he attended a dinner hosted by World Bank President, James Wolfensohn.
Two draft resolutions, on the operation of the Development Account and on the financing of the United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET), were approved this morning, by the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary).
According to a draft resolution introduced this morning in the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security), the General Assembly would call upon all States parties to the Biological Weapons Convention to accelerate negotiations for a protocol, including possible verification measures, to strengthen the Convention.
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In Name of Trade Liberalization, Wealthy Nations Said to Export Unsustainable Production and Consumption Patterns
As the Sixth Committee concluded its discussion of the work of the Preparatory Commission of the International Criminal Court (ICC), speakers again urged early ratification of the Courts Statute and stressed that the Court must not be used as a political tool.
