Press Release

7 October 1997

Press Release
GA/SM/5

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S REFORM EFFORTS RECEIVE STRONG POLITICAL SUPPORT ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS AT CONCLUSION OF GENERAL DEBATE

19971007

Following is the closing statement of the President of the General Assembly, Hennadiy Udovenko (Ukraine), delivered this afternoon at the conclusion of the general debate in the Assembly plenary:

7 October 1997

Press Release
GA/AB/3167

SECRETARIAT PRACTICE OF MAINTAINING HIGHER-THAN-MANDATED VACANCY RATES TO SAVE FUNDS SHOULD BE STOPPED IMMEDIATELY, GROUP OF 77 TELLS FIFTH COMMITTEE

19971007 Committee Discusses Impact of Approved Savings On Mandated Activities; Concludes Debate on Peacekeeping Financing

7 October 1997

Press Release
GA/9326

IMPACT ON SMALL ISLAND STATES OF ENVIRONMENT, NEW TRADE REGIME, STRESSED THIS MORNING BY PRIME MINISTER OF VANUATU, FOREIGN MINISTER OF BAHAMAS

19971007

Assembly Hears Foreign Ministers of Uzbekistan, Seychelles, Equatorial Guinea, Kyrqyzstan, Bahamas; Representative of Central African Republic

7 October 1997

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SG/SM/6352
AFR/20

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR END TO UNFOUNDED ANTI-UNHCR MEDIA CAMPAIGN IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

19971007

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

I deplore the radio and television broadcasts in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo which falsely accuse the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) of arming Rwandan refugees.

6 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3036

SPEAKERS IN LEGAL COMMITTEE WELCOME ADOPTION OF UNCITRAL'S MODEL LAW ON CROSS-BORDER INSOLVENCY

19971006 Chairman of UNCITRAL Calls for More Resources for Its Secretariat, Greater Efforts to Make Commission's Texts Known in Developing Countries

6 October 1997

Press Release
GA/9325

UNITED NATIONS REFORM CONTINUES TO DOMINATE DISCUSSION IN ASSEMBLY, AS GENERAL DEBATE ENTERS THIRD WEEK

19971006 Foreign Ministers of Guinea-Bissau, Bhutan, Suriname, Botswana and Grenada Address Assembly

6 October 1997

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UNEP/10

6 October 1997

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GA/SPD/107

TRANSFER OF DECOLONIZATION UNIT OUT OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT UNDERMINES UN DECOLONIZATION PROGRAMME, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19971006 Speakers Oppose Unit's Transfer to General Assembly Affairs Department, as Fourth Committee Begins Debate on Decolonization Issues

6 October 1997

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GA/AB/3166

6 October 1997

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GA/9324

PRESIDENT OF CYPRUS, IN ASSEMBLY ADDRESS, INSISTS RIGHT TO DEFENCE, WILL NOT BE RELINQUISHED IN SEARCH FOR LASTING SOLUTION

19971006 Statements Also Made by Foreign Affairs Ministers of San Marino, Barbados, Gambia, Mongolia; Representatives of Djibouti, Azerbaijan