Press Release

3 November 1997

Press Release
GA/AB/3182

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DISCUSSING BUDGET SECTION ON OVERALL POLICY-MAKING

19971103 Consideration of Political Affairs, Peacekeeping, Outer Space Sections Begin

3 November 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3433

HIGH COMMISSIONER SAYS REFUGEE CRISIS IN GREAT LAKES REGION OF AFRICA WITHOUT PRECEDENT IN HISTORY OF UNHCR

19971103 Third Committee is Told of `Disturbing' Inaction by International Community against Breakdown in Fundamental Humanitarian Principles

3 November 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6377

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MISSION TO BAGHDAD LEAVES TONIGHT; IRAQI GOVERNMENT INDICATES READINESS TO RECEIVE

19971103 This is the text of a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The mission appointed by the Secretary-General to travel to Baghdad will be departing tonight and is expected to arrive in Baghdad on Tuesday, or at the latest on Wednesday.

3 November 1997

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ENV/DEV/450
UNEP/15*

3 November 1997

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GA/L/3053

LEGAL COMMITTEE CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION REPORT

19971103 Commission Chairman Introduces Chapter On Reservations to Normative Multilateral Treaties

3 November 1997

Press Release
SC/6438

NEW CHAIRMEN OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY BODIES IN NOVEMBER

19971103 In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are new Chairmen of United Nations security bodies for November:

Security Council

Qin Huasun (China) succeeds Juan Somavia (Chile) as President of the Security Council.

Military Staff Committee

3 November 1997

Press Release
GA/DIS/3090

3 November 1997

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GA/SHC/3434

GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS ASKED TO SEEK BETTER COORDINATION BETWEEN UN INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN AND OTHER AGENCIES

19971103 Third Committee Also Adopts Text on Migrant Workers: Debate Continues On Refugees, With Warning of 'Compassion Fatigue' in Affected Countries

31 October 1997

Press Release
GA/9342

DELEGATES STRESS NEED FOR TOLERANCE, EQUALITY, RESPECT FOR LIFE AS ASSEMBLY OPENS DEBATE ON CREATING `CULTURE OF PEACE'

19971031 Transition from `Culture of War' Said To Be Main Challenge; In Other Action, Resolutions Adopted on Financing UN Missions in Angola, Liberia

31 October 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3430

WAR AGAINST CHILD LABOUR CAN BE WON WITHIN 15 YEARS, ILO REPRESENTATIVE TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE

19971031 International Labour Organization Seeks Convention By 1999 To Suppress Extreme Forms of Child Labour, He Says