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13 November 1997

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GA/SM/11
ORG/1257

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS COOPERATION, GOODWILL HALLMARK OF DELIBERATION ON UN REFORM

19971113 Following is the text of the statement by the President of the General Assembly, Hennadiy Udovenko (Ukraine), on agenda item 157, "United Nations reform: measures and proposals", delivered yesterday, 12 November, at the Assembly plenary:

13 November 1997

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GA/DIS/3099

FIRST COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS TEXT CALLING ON MEDITERRANEAN STATES TO ADHERE TO MULTILATERAL DISARMAMENT INSTRUMENTS

19971113 Another Text, Also Approved Without Vote, Concerns Regional Confidence-Building Measures

13 November 1997

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GA/SHC/3445

13 November 1997

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SG/SM/6392

SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS WITH IRAQ'S DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER EXPRESSES REGRET AT FAILURE OF DIPLOMATIC EFFORT

19971113

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General met with Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz of Iraq this morning at 10 a.m.

13 November 1997

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GA/9355

ISRAELI POLICIES, INCLUDING SETTLEMENTS, SAID TO BE OBSTACLES TO PEACE, AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESUMES EMERGENCY SESSION

19971113 Conference Sought on Applying Geneva Convention Principles; Israel Cites Terrorism, Calls for Direct Negotiations with Palestinians

13 November 1997

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GA/L/3060

ASSEMBLY WOULD ENDORSE MODEL LAW ON CROSS-BORDER INSOLVENCY, UNDER TEXT APPROVED IN SIXTH COMMITTEE

19971113 Committee Also Approves Text on Report of United Nations Trade Law Commission (UNCITRAL), Which Adopted Model Law

13 November 1997

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HQ/580

12 November 1997

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GA/AB/3191

12 November 1997

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GA/SHC/3444

THIRD COMMITTEE HEARS REPORTS ON INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE

19971112 Also Hears of Human Rights Situations In Afghanistan, Myanmar, Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti

12 November 1997

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SG/SM/6390
UNEP/17*

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES 'UNSTINTING COMMITMENT' OF BARBARA PYLE, AS HE AWARDS 1997 UNEP SASAKAWA ENVIRONMENT PRIZE

19971112 Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement, as he awarded the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Sasakawa Environment Prize to Barbara Pyle in New York on 12 November: