Sixth Committee

18 November 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3064

IMPORTANCE OF EFFECTIVE NEGOTIATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES UNDERLINED BY LEGAL COMMITTEE TEXT

19971118 Two Other Drafts, Also Approved without Vote, Concern UN Law Decade, 1999 Centennial of First International Peace Conference

14 November 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3062

LEGAL COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT EXTENDING COMPETENCE OF UN ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL TO STAFF OF REGISTRY OF WORLD COURT

19971114 Debate on Measures to Eliminate Terrorism Continues

14 November 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3063

NEED TO COMBAT ROOT CAUSES OF TERRORISM STRESSED BY SPEAKERS IN LEGAL COMMITTEE

19971114

Efforts to combat terrorism should include attempts to understand and eliminate its causes, speakers told the Sixth Committee (Legal) this afternoon, as it concluded its debate on measures to eliminate international terrorism. The Committee had before it a draft convention on suppression of terrorist bombings.

13 November 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3060

ASSEMBLY WOULD ENDORSE MODEL LAW ON CROSS-BORDER INSOLVENCY, UNDER TEXT APPROVED IN SIXTH COMMITTEE

19971113 Committee Also Approves Text on Report of United Nations Trade Law Commission (UNCITRAL), Which Adopted Model Law

13 November 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3061

DISCUSSION OF MEASURES TO COMBAT INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM CONTINUES IN LEGAL COMMITTEE

19971113

Speakers Call for Cooperation in Extradition, Prosecution; State Terrorism, Limited Capacity of Small States Also Addressed

11 November 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3059

DELAY IN CONVENING CONFERENCE ON IMMUNITIES OF STATES CALLED FOR IN LEGAL COMMITTEE

19971111 Speakers Cite Lack of Consensus on Draft Articles Adopted By International Law Commission on Immunities of States and Their Property

7 November 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3057

ISRAEL SAYS ITS EXCLUSION FROM LAW COMMISSION, UNDER UN SYSTEM OF REGIONAL GROUPS, LOSES SERVICE OF QUALIFIED PERSONS

19971107 Legal Committee, Continuing Review of Commission Report, Is Asked To Study Problem and Recommend Solution

7 November 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3058

6 November 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3056

DIPLOMATIC PROTECTION IS PREROGATIVE OF STATE, NOT RIGHT OF INDIVIDUALS, LEGAL COMMITTEE TOLD

19971106

Diplomatic protection was not a right of individuals, but a prerogative of a State to its nationals, some representatives said this afternoon as the Sixth Committee (Legal) continued its consideration of the report of the International Law Commission on the work of its forty-ninth session.

5 November 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3055

ASSEMBLY'S LEGAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD LAW COMMISSION SHOULD SET UP SYSTEM TO JUDGE RESERVATIONS TO MULTILATERAL TREATIES

19971105 Question of Compatibility at Issue; Some Favour New Body, Others Warn of Complications If Current Procedures Change