Issues Include Environment and Sustainable Development, Habitat II, Sustainable Development and International Economic Cooperation
Resolution 1280 (1999) Adopted by 11-0-3; France, Not Voting, Says Text Not Practicable, Being Used to Apply Pressure
This is the text of a message delivered today by the President of the General Assembly, Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia), on the occasion of the observance of the International Day of Disabled Persons:
Committee Takes up Budget Implications of Texts on MINUGUA, International Law Commission, Central America and Small Arms
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
SEATTLE/NAIROBI, 2 December (UNEP) -- At the third World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting in Seattle, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is releasing six new reports that demonstrate how countries can take action to address trade-related environmental degradation.
Commodity Prices Depressed; Address to WTO in Seattle Urges Reform of Trade Regulations 'Conducive to Food Security for All'
CORRECTION
On page three of Press Release GA/9670 issued 29 November, the summary of document A/54/L.46, which contains amendments to the draft resolution on the Code of Democratic Conduct, was inadvertently abbreviated. The summary should read as follows:
The following text was issued by the World Trade Organization (WTO) as a press release on the eve of the third WTO ministerial meeting:
