Press Release

22 September 1997

Press Release
SG/2039
ORG/1248

UNITED NATIONS MUST UNDERGO FUNDAMENTAL, NOT PIECEMEAL, REFORM, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN REPORT TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19970922 Three-Part Report on Organization's Work, Reviews Forces Shaping World Agenda, Efforts to Adopt and Guide Them

22 September 1997

Press Release
GA/9302

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES MEMBER STATES TO REACH CONSENSUS ON HIS REFORM PROPOSALS BEFORE END OF SESSION, TO BE KNOWN AS 'REFORM ASSEMBLY'

19970922 United States President Says He Is Working with Congress On Legislation that 'Will Allow Us to Pay Off the Bulk of Our Arrears'

22 September 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6334
GA/9304

'LET THIS BE THE REFORM ASSEMBLY', SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSING FIFTY-SECOND SESSION

19970922 Kofi Annan Calls on 'Some of You' to Comply with Legal Obligations And Pay Arrears; Calls on 'All of You' to Move Expeditiously on Reform Package

Following is the text of the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, as he introduced his annual report on the work of the Organization to the General Assembly this morning:

22 September 1997

Press Release
GA/9305

UNITED NATIONS REFORM EFFORTS MUST NOT FALL VICTIM TO NARROW PREFERENCES OF CHOSEN FEW, PAKISTAN'S PRIME MINISTER TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19970922 Statements Also Made By Presidnets of Nicaragua, Ukraine; Foreign Ministers of Norway, South Africa, Czech Republic, Georgia, Iran

19 September 1997

Press Release
GA/EF/2758

19 September 1997

Press Release
ORG/1247

UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES WILL ENSURE BEST USE OF TED TURNER'S ENDOWMENT, DEVELOPMENT GROUP'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SAYS IN JOINT STATEMENT

19970919 The following joint statement was issued this evening by the Executive Committee of the United Nations Development Group, the heads of United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP):

19 September 1997

Press Release
GA/9301

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS AGENDA AND ORGANIZATION OF WORK FOR FIFTY-SECOND SESSION; 158 ITEMS TO BE CONSIDERED

19970919 Secretary-General to Make Brief Presentation of His Report On Work of Organization to Plenary before Opening of General Debate

19 September 1997

Press Release
HR/4336

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD TO MEET IN GENEVA, 22 SEPTEMBER - 10 OCTOBER

19970919 Background Release To Examine Reports of Lao People's Democratic Republic, Australia, Uganda, Czech Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Togo

(Reissued as received.)

19 September 1997

Press Release
GA/SHC/3411

THIRD COMMITTEE ELECTS OFFICERS, ADOPTS PROGRAMME OF WORK

19970919

The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) this afternoon elected Choe Myong Nam (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) and Karim Wissa (Egypt) as Vice-Chairmen, and Monica Martinez (Ecuador) as Rapporteur. It also adopted its programme of work for the current session, which is scheduled to conclude on 28 November.

19 September 1997

Press Release
SEA/1570

COMMISSION ON LIMITS OF CONTINENTAL SHELF CONCLUDES SECOND SESSION

19970919

Adopts Rules of Procedure, Decides on Future Work