While the popular consultation in East Timor had already taken place, the people of Western Sahara were still struggling to make their will known through a similar referendum, the representative of Algeria told the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) this morning.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The following is the text of a statement made by Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia), President of the General Assembly, at the conclusion of the Assemblys general debate:
Afghanistan Calls for Sanctions against Pakistan; Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Burundi Urge One Another to End Interference
VIENNA, 30 September (IAEA) -- The forty-third regular session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has elected 11 member States to the IAEA Board of Governors, the 35- member policy-making body.
Tadjikistan Proposes Global Observance to Combat Water Pollution
Vienna, 1 October (IAEA) -- The International Atomic Energy Agency learned at approximately 9 a.m. Vienna time on September 30 that an apparent criticality accident had occurred at a fuel conversion plant in Tokaimura.
Stressing that United Nations reform should focus on the Security Council, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Foreign Minister of Estonia, told the General Assembly that the key issue in that body was voting practice, not the shop-worn issue of non-permanent membership.
Challenging and changing the negative stereotypes treating ageing as a disease or affliction is a major objective of many delegates and non-governmental officials as the United Nations General Assembly prepares to discuss possible policy recommendations on ageing issues in a two-day debate on 4 to 5 October.
