Sixth Committee

21 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3044

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT SHOULD BE INDEPENDENT BODY, AND NOT SUBSIDIARY OF SECURITY COUNCIL, SPEAKERS TELL LEGAL COMMITTEE

19971021 Committee Establishes Working Group to Discuss Draft Text on Question of Security Council Sanctions Affecting Third States

17 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3043

SPEAKERS CRITICIZE COERCIVE, UNILATERAL MEASURES TAKEN BY CERTAIN STATES AS LEGAL COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DEBATE ON LAW DECADE

19971017

As the Sixth Committee (Legal) this morning concluded its debate on the United Nations Decade of International Law (1990-1999), a number of representatives criticized coercive and unilateral measures taken by certain States and stressed that international law should be upheld.

15 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3042

LEGAL COMMITTEE DISCUSSES PLANS TO MARK CENTENNIAL, IN 1999, OF FIRST INTERNATIONAL PEACE CONFERENCE

19971015 Draft Resolution Would Invite Netherlands and Russian Federation to Work on Programme of Action for Worldwide Observances

14 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3041

LEGAL COMMITTEE BEGINS REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL LAW DECADE

19971014 Mongolia Offers Proposal on Adoption of Guiding Principles For Negotiations; Debate on Strengthening UN Charter Is Concluded

The Sixth Committee (Legal) this afternoon began discussion of the United Nations Decade of International Law, 1990-1999, with Mongolia introducing a proposal calling for the adoption of guiding principles for international negotiations.

14 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3040/

SUPPORT EXPRESSED IN LEGAL COMMITTEE FOR EXPERT GROUP TO STUDY MEASURES TO HELP THIRD STATES AFFECTED BY SANCTIONS CORRECTION

19971014

The headline of Press Release GA/L/3040 of 13 October should read as above.

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13 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3040

13 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3039

SPEAKERS IN LEGAL COMMITTEE SAYS SANCTIONS SHOULD BE USED SPARINGLY

19971013

Sanctions should be used sparingly and special mechanisms adopted to minimize losses suffered by third countries due to their imposition, the Sixth Committee (Legal) was told this morning as it continued its discussion of the subject and other issues contained in the report of the Special Committee on the Charter.

8 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3038

7 October 1997

Press Release
GA/L/3037

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