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GA/9294

The fifty-second General Assembly could be "a watershed session" in which Member States would have the chance to revitalize the United Nations and enable it to address the mounting challenges it faced, its newly-elected President, Hennadiy Udovenko (Ukraine), said at the opening meeting this afternoon.

GA/COL/2973*
16 September 1997


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GA/COL/2973*


SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION CONCLUDES 1997 SESSION

19970916

Administering Powers were urged to take effective measures to safeguard and guarantee the inalienable right of the peoples in Territories under their administration to their natural resources, by the terms of one of three proposals approved by the Special Committee on decolonization this morning, as it concluded its work for the year.

GA/SM/1
16 September 1997


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GA/SM/1


CURRENT GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION CAN MARK BEGINNING OF NEW ERA IN UNITED NATIONS HISTORY, PRESIDENT TELLS OPENING MEETING

19970916 Says Members Have Chance to Revitalize World Body To Meet Mounting Challenges, 'Reunite the United Nations'

Following is the text of the inaugural address given today by Hennadiy Udovenko, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, as President of the fifty- second session of the General Assembly:

GA/9297
16 September 1997


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GA/9297


CURRENT GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION CAN MARK BEGINNING OF NEW ERA IN UNITED NATIONS HISTORY, PRESIDENT TELLS OPENING MEETING

19970916 Says Members Have Chance to Revitalize World Body To Meet Mounting Challenges, 'Reunite the United Nations'

Following is the text of the inaugural address given today by Hennadiy Udovenko, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, as President of the fifty- second session of the General Assembly: