Press Release

25 September 1997

Press Release
SC/6420

SECURITY COUNCIL REQUESTS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO SUBMIT CONCRETE RECOMMENDATIONS ON WAYS TO ADDRESS AND PREVENT CONFLICTS IN AFRICA

19970925 Presidential Statement of Ministerial Meeting Says Challenges In Africa Demand Comprehensive Response Addressing Peace, Economic Growth

24 September 1997

Press Release
GA/SM/4

AMBASSADORS OF BRAZIL AND NORWAY TO ACT AS ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT'S "FRIENDS" ON SECRETARY-GENERAL'S REFORM PACKAGE

19970924 The following statement is attributable to the spokesman for the President of the General Assembly:

24 September 1997

Press Release
GA/9308

UNITED NATIONS REFORM MUST REINFORCE CENTRAL PLACE OF DEVELOPMENT, PRESIDENT OF ZIMBABWE TELLS ASSEMBLY, SPEAKING FOR OAU

19970924 Addresses Also Made by President of Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; Prime Minister of India; Foreign Ministers of Germany, China, France, Mexico

24 September 1997

Press Release
GA/9309

PRESIDENT OF SLOVENIA URGES PROMPT ACTION BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON REFORM PROPOSALS, AS GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES

19970924 Prime Minister of Cape Verde, Foreign Ministers of Lithuania, Venezuela, Argentina, Ghana, Sweden, Dominican Republic, Angola also Speak

23 September 1997

Press Release
DCF/316

FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF OPENING FOR SIGNATURE OF COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY MARKED ON 24 SEPTEMBER

19970923 Preparatory Commission Reviews Its First Six Months In Implementing Treaty

(Reissued as received.)

23 September 1997

Press Release
TAD/1849

UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT (UNCTAD) ISSUES 'LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES 1997 REPORT'

19970923 ADVANCE RELEASE Finds Institutional, Economic Reforms Generating Growth in Some Countries; Cites Impact of Agricultural Sector, Effects of State Collapse

23 September 1997

Press Release
GA/9307

SECURITY COUNCIL MUST BE REORGANIZED TO ENHANCE ITS LEGITIMACY, EFFECTIVENESS, FOREIGN MINISTER OF JAPAN TELLS ASSEMBLY

19970923 Central American Presidents Stress Regional Union; President Of Paraguay, Foreign Ministers of Finland, Portugal, Also Speak

23 September 1997

Press Release
GA/9302/

23 September 1997

Press Release
HR/4338

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD OPENS SIXTEENTH SESSION

19970923

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 22 September (UN Information Service) -- The Committee on the Rights of the Child, the expert panel in charge of monitoring the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, opened its sixteenth session this morning by adopting its agenda items and programme of work.

23 September 1997

Press Release
GA/9306

SPEAKERS FOCUS ON UNITED NATIONS REFORM, INCLUDING SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM, AS ASSEMBLY'S GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES

19970923 European Union Says Assembly Must Examine Secretary-General's Reform Proposals In 'Integrated Manner and as a Package' for UN to be Renovated