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7 November 1997

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GA/AB/3187

FIFTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS CANDIDATES FOR ACABQ; CONTRIBUTIONS, INVESTMENTS COMMITTEES; BOARD OF AUDITORS

19971107 Candidates for Administrative Tribunal, ICSC, Pension Committee Also Recommended

7 November 1997

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GA/L/3058

7 November 1997

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SOC/NAR/772

INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD WORKING ON WAYS TO COUNTER `ACCEPTABLE IMAGE' OF DRUG USAGE

19971107 Positive Portrayals in Popular Culture Cause Concern; Recommendation for Action Likely in Forthcoming Report

7 November 1997

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DEV/2174
WOM/1002

7 November 1997

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GA/EF/2789

NEED TO ADDRESS FRESHWATER RESOURCES MATTERS STRESSED BY SPEAKERS IN ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE

19971107 Consideration of Climate Change, Biodiversity Convention, Barbados Conference on Small Island Developing States Concludes

7 November 1997

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OS/1732

7 November 1997

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AFG/74
WOM/1001

7 November 1997

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GA/DIS/3094

7 November 1997

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GA/SHC/3439

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON INTERNATIONAL DRUG CONTROL, ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN

19971107

The General Assembly would call upon all States to intensify their cooperation to combat drug abuse and illicit trafficking, by the terms of a draft resolution approved this morning by the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural).

7 November 1997

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GA/9351
REF/1160

$109 MILLION PLEDGED FOR 1998 PROGRAMMES OF UNHCR

19971107

Some $109 million was pledged this morning at a meeting of the General Assembly's Ad Hoc Committee for the Announcement of Voluntary Contributions to the 1998 Programmes of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).