The following statement is attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
Compliance Regime for Treaty Described as Stable and Durable; US Test-Ban Rejection, Israel's Nuclear Capability Also Addressed
Capital Punishment Supported by Other Speakers
Seven Palestinian journalists from broadcast and print media will participate in a training programme organized by the Department of Public Information (DPI), from 25 October to 17 December.
This is the text of remarks made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Bank Board of Directors in Washington, D.C.:
Committee Takes Up Reports of Joint Inspection Unit
As delegations generally hailed the legislative achievements of the Decade on International Law (1990-1999), several speakers in the Sixth Committee (Legal) this afternoon stressed the need for the views and concerns of developing nations to be better reflected in future codification efforts.
Double standards were increasingly used in peacekeeping operations, the representative of China told the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) this afternoon as it continued its general debate on the whole question of peacekeeping in all its aspects.
The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General welcomes the completion on 18 October of the weapons destruction programme in Liberia.
