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GA/L/3080

SPEAKERS IN LEGAL COMMITTEE CALL FOR UNIVERSAL RATIFICATION OF ROME STATUTE AS REVIEW OF NEWLY ESTABLISHED INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT CONCLUDES

22 October 1998


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GA/L/3080


SPEAKERS IN LEGAL COMMITTEE CALL FOR UNIVERSAL RATIFICATION OF ROME STATUTE AS REVIEW OF NEWLY ESTABLISHED INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT CONCLUDES

19981022 Preparatory Commission Charged with Laying Foundations for Court Should Meet Early in 1999 So Court Can Begin Functions By Turn of Century

GA/9484

ASSEMBLY URGES CONTINUED UNITED NATIONS COOPERATION WITH ARAB LEAGUE AND ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES, ADOPTING TEXTS BY CONSENSUS

22 October 1998


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GA/9484


ASSEMBLY URGES CONTINUED UNITED NATIONS COOPERATION WITH ARAB LEAGUE AND ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES, ADOPTING TEXTS BY CONSENSUS

19981022 Concludes Review of Annual Security Council Report, Hearing Calls for More Measures To Enhance Council Transparency

The General Assembly this morning called for continued cooperation and increased contacts between the United Nations and the League of Arab States.

GA/EF/2834

UNSUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION PATTERNS OF INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES MUST BE CURTAILED, INDONESIA TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE

22 October 1998


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GA/EF/2834


UNSUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION PATTERNS OF INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES MUST BE CURTAILED, INDONESIA TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE

19981022

Industrialized countries must take action to reduce emissions and promote sound consumption patterns if global sustainable development goals were to be met, the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) was told this morning as it considered protection of the global climate and other topics.

GA/SM/70

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT STRESSES STEP-BY-STEP APPROACH FOR ORGANIZATION TO CREATE SOCIETY WHERE STRONG WILL BE JUST AND WEAK WILL FEEL SAFE

22 October 1998


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GA/SM/70
OBV/72


ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT STRESSES STEP-BY-STEP APPROACH FOR ORGANIZATION TO CREATE SOCIETY WHERE STRONG WILL BE JUST AND WEAK WILL FEEL SAFE

19981022 In Message on Occasion of United Nations Day

Following is the message, translated from Spanish, of the President of the General Assembly, Didier Opertti (Uruguay), on the occasion of United Nations Day, 24 October:

GA/L/3079

CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE OF ROME CONFERENCE TELLS LEGAL COMMITTEE STATES SHOULD BE OPEN TO DIALOGUE ON CONCERNS ABOUT ICC STATUTE

22 October 1998


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GA/L/3079


CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE OF ROME CONFERENCE TELLS LEGAL COMMITTEE STATES SHOULD BE OPEN TO DIALOGUE ON CONCERNS ABOUT ICC STATUTE

19981022 Philippe Kirsch (Canada) Calls Solutions Found to Complex Issues in Statute 'Remarkable', ICRC Disappointed by Non-Inclusion of Other Crimes, Certain Weapons