The General Assemblys Ad Hoc Committee on terrorism began its fourth session this morning, with an appeal by its new Chairman urging cooperation from delegations to enable the Committee complete its tasks.
Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand Elected Conference President; UNCTAD IX President, UNCTAD Secretary-General Deliver Statements to Bangkok Meeting
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Uniform criteria for involvement of the United Nations in conflicts and crisis situations must be established, the representative of Pakistan told the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations this morning as it continued its general debate on all aspects of peacekeping operations.
Recent debt-relief initiatives from governments and international financial institutions actually trapped economies in a cycle of indebtedness and underdevelopment, the Commission for Social Development was told this morning.
Foreign Minister of Thailand, Ministers from Ireland, Sudan, Iran, Kuwait and Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Speak in Continuing General Debate
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Following is the text of the eighteenth Singapore Lecture, Global Values -- The United Nations and the Rule of Law in the twenty-first Century, which is to be delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Westin Hotel in Singapore on 14 February:
Following is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered upon receiving an honorary degree from Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand, on 11 February:
CORRECTION
In Press Release HR/4462 issued 8 February, the first paragraph should read as follows:
Following is the text of the eighteenth Singapore Lecture, Global Values -- The United Nations and the Rule of Law in the twenty-first Century, which is to be delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Westin Hotel in Singapore on 14 February:
