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15 December 1997

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GA/AB/3205

FIFTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROPRIATING $125.6 MILLION FOR TRIBUNALS FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA AND RWANDA FOR 1998

19971215 $28.2 Million Required if Assembly Adopts Draft Text Concerning Verification Mission in Guatemala

15 December 1997

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GA/9381

ASSEMBLY INSISTS ON SURRENDER OF ALL INDICTEES TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

19971215 Acting Without Vote, Also Reaffirms Right of Refugees, Displaced Persons To Return Voluntarily to Homes of Origin

15 December 1997

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SG/SM/6423
AFR/34

ECOWAS SUMMIT DEMONSTRATES WEST AFRICAN STATES' DETERMINATION TO ADDRESS SUBREGION'S CHALLENGES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE

19971215 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message, to be delivered by his Special Envoy to Sierra Leone, Francis Okelo, at the extraordinary summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to be held in Lome, from 16 to 17 December:

12 December 1997

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L/2848
SEA/1572

FAGALOA TUFUGA OF SAMOA TO RECEIVE LAW OF SEA FELLOWSHIP

19971212

NEW YORK, 11 December (Office of Legal Affairs) -- The twelfth Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Fellowship on the Law of the Sea is awarded this year to Fagaloa Tufuga of Samoa. He intends to utilize the research opportunity provided by the Fellowship in order to assist in maritime boundary delimitation negotiations for his Government.

12 December 1997

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IK/233

GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION TO MEET IN GENEVA, 15-17 DECEMBER

19971212 Expected To Approve First Awards For Payment of Large Individual and Government Claims

12 December 1997

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TAD/1852

UNCTAD FORUM AIMS TO HELP POLICYMAKERS IN REVIEWING WAYS TO MEET REQUIREMENTS OF KYOTO PROTOCOL

19971212 Cost-Effective 'Emissions Trading' Seen as Key Step In Effort Towards Global Reduction of Greenhouse Gases

12 December 1997

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GA/9380

GENERAL ASSEMBLY REAFFIRMS RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT AS FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT

19971212 Acts on Reports of Third Committee; Adopts 78 Resolutions, Decisions on Broad Range of Social, Cultural, Humanitarian Questions

12 December 1997

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SG/SM/6421

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS EDUCATION ONE OF MOST EFFECTIVE FORMS OF DEFENCE SPENDING, IN ADDRESS AT UNIVERSITY OF KUWAIT

19971212 ADVANCE TEXT Following is a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, to be delivered at the University of Kuwait on 13 December:

12 December 1997

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L/2847

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT CONCLUDES SESSION; TO MEET AGAIN IN MARCH 1998

19971212 Considers Definition of Crimes, Criminal Responsibility, Challenges to Jurisdiction, Transfer of Suspects, Penalties

12 December 1997

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GA/SPD/130*

FOURTH COMMITTEE CALLS FOR END TO ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS, SUPPORTS POLITICAL EDUCATION IN NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES

19971212 Committee Texts Adopted by Assembly Also Address Peacekeeping, Information, Palestinian Refugees, Outer Space, Atomic Radiation