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GA/SM/124

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT STRESSES SEARCH FOR GLOBAL PRINCIPLES AT OPENING OF WITTENBERG CENTER FOR GLOBAL ETHICS

Following is the statement of the President of the General Assembly, Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia) at the Founding Congress of the Wittenberg-Center for Global Ethics, held in Wittenberg, Germany, 7 to 8 November:

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GA/SPD/175

FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION REAFFIRMING ROLE OF UN SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON EFFECTS OF ATOMIC RADIATION

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HR/4437

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS TO HOLD TWENTY-FIRST SESSION, 15 NOVEMBER – 3 DECEMBER

Committee Scheduled to Consider Efforts of Bulgaria, Cameroon, Argentina, Armenia, Mexico, Solomon Islands

(Reissued as received.)

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POP/745

NETHERLANDS GIVES UN POPULATION FUND ADDITIONAL $4.7 MILLION FOR 1999

NEW YORK, 11 November, (UNFPA) -- Responding to a special appeal from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Government of the Netherlands has pledged an additional 10 million Dutch guilders (approximately $4.7 million) to UNFPA for 1999.

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GA/AB/3343

UN PENSION FUND’S ASSETS AT SOME $24 BILLION, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

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GA/EF/2895

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES’ FAITH IN MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM IN URGENT NEED OF BOLSTERING, COMMITTEE HEARS

Delegates Also Consider Draft Texts on Second African Industrial Development Decade, Disaster Reduction, El Niño

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GA/EF/2896

ECONOMIC COMMITTEE IS TOLD LIBERAL TRADE THEORIES FOR INDUSTRIAL GOODS SHOULD ALSO APPLY TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

Issue to be Raised at WTO Meeting; In Continuing Debate on Trade And Development, Special Problems of Land-locked Countries Reviewed

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GA/L/3133

LEGAL COMMITTEE URGES ATTENTION TO PLIGHT OF THIRD STATES AFFECTED BY SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS

The General Assembly would ask the Secretary-General to continue work on ways to help third States affected by Security Council sanctions, by a draft resolution approved by the Sixth Committee (Legal) this morning.

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GA/L/3134

SPEAKERS IN LEGAL COMMITTEE JUDGE TEXT ON FINANCING TERRORISM READY FOR ADOPTION

Speakers in the Sixth Committee (Legal) this afternoon expressed overwhelming support for a draft international convention on suppression of the financing of terrorism, and urged the committee to approve the text at this session.

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GA/PAL/812

COMMITTEE ON EXERCISE OF INALIENABLE RIGHTS OF PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, ACTING WITHOUT VOTE, APPROVES FOUR DRAFT RESOLUTIONS

Committee Also Approves Draft Report to General Assembly