The Italian Foreign Minister, Lamberto Dini, has outlined to a Headquarters press conference a proposed new set of principles, which he says could guide and facilitate future international interventions.
The West was demanding that Algeria do in a few weeks what it had taken centuries to establish, but Algerians were quick learners and had made an incredible effort to adapt, the Algerian President, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, told correspondents this morning at a Headquarters press conference.
Colombia would not accept any type of intervention in the conflict between the Government and rebels opposing it, President Andres Pastrana Arango said at a Headquarters press conference Monday afternoon. The solution had to be a political one reached through dialogue and agreement.
At a Headquarters press briefing this morning, President Miguel Angel Rodriguez Echeverria of Costa Rica said Latin American countries currently held closer relationships than ever thanks to trade agreements in different sub-regions which allowed them to have closer access to other markets.
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Shirley Brownell, spokeswoman for the President of the General Assembly, and Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
Briefing by Spokeswoman for President of General Assembly
**General Assembly Continues Fourth Day of Debate
Small island States themselves must accept primary responsibility for sustainable development, Ambassador Tuiloma Neroni Slade (Samoa), Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), told correspondents this morning at a Headquarters press conference. That, he said, was a fundamental element of the Barbados Programme of Action.
Small arms posed big challenges to everyone, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Jozias Van Aartsen, told correspondents this afternoon at a Headquarters press conference.
A solution to the Cyprus problem would be beneficial to the island's two communities, erase an obstacle in relations between Greece and Turkey and contribute to stability in both the Aegean and the Mediterranean, Glafcos Clerides, President of Cyprus, said at a Headquarters press conference this morning.
