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17th October, 1996
SECOND COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF TRAINING AND RESEARCH, MEDIUM-TERM PLAN AND OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT
The Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) told the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) that 83 per cent of its core funds went to 50 countries that were the home to three-fourths of the world's extremely poor, as consideration of operational activities for development began this afternoon....
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16th October, 1996
WIDER ACCESS TO NEW TECHNOLOGIES IMPORTANT IN IMPROVING ECONOMIES OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, SECOND COMMITTEE IS TOLD
Debate Continues on Global Situation; World Bank, IMF Representatives Report on Programmes, Initiatives, Projects to Strengthen Poorer Nations Developing countries should have stable and non-discriminatory access to technology, including new and sensitive technologies for peaceful uses, and environmentally sound technologies, the...
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16th October, 1996
'OPEN AND NAKED AGGRESSION' BY PAKISTAN BLOW TO UNITED NATIONS, AFGHANISTAN TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL
Says Pakistani Military Officers Accompanied Taliban in Kabul Invasion; Council Addressed by 27 Speakers in Day-Long Debate on Conflict in Afghanistan Continued silence by the Security Council in the face of "open and naked aggression" against Afghanistan by Pakistan would constitute a blow to the essence of the United Nations, the...
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16th October, 1996
RATIFICATION PROCESS FOR CHEMICAL WEAPONS TREATY TO RESUME SOON `WITHOUT POLITICAL DISTRACTIONS', FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD
United States Says It Is Destroying Chemical Weapon Stockpiles; Sri Lanka, Paraguay, Algeria Also Speak Although ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention had been withdrawn from consideration in the United States Senate, the ratification process would resume promptly in the next months, without political distractions, the...
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15th October, 1996
NEW RESOURCES, ACTION-ORIENTED COMMITMENTS NEEDED FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD IN CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS
New and additional resources and action-oriented commitments were needed nationally and internationally to ensure sustainable economic and social development, the representative of Ethiopia told the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) this afternoon, as it continued its examination of social development, including...
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15th October, 1996
DECISION-MAKING PROCESS OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS SHOULD BE UPDATED, SECOND COMMITTEE IS TOLD
Mexico Highlights Value of Quick Response to Emergency Situations; Others Stress Need to Bolster Developing Economies The structure for assessment and decision-making in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other international financial institutions should be updated to better represent the current state of the world's economy,...
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15th October, 1996
RECENT SUCCESSES IN DISARMAMENT TEMPERED BY LINGERING SENSE OF PROMISES UNFULFILLED, CANADA TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE
Stresses Need to Meet Challenges Involving Chemical, Biological Weapons, as General Debate Continues The world's pride in recent disarmament successes was tempered by a lingering sense of promises unfulfilled, the representative of Canada said this afternoon as the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) continued...
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15th October, 1996
SECURITY COUNCIL EXPRESS `SERIOUS CONCERN' OVER SUBMARINE INCIDENT IN KOREAN PENINSULA
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14th October, 1996
THIRD COMMITTEE BEGINS DISCUSSION OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS ON YOUTH, AGEING, DISABLED PERSONS, FAMILY
Poland Introduces Draft Convention on Organized Crime The credibility of the policy development process would be eroded if the United Nations system did not ensure effective implementation, according to the Under-Secretary-General for Sustainable Development, Nitin Desai. He was addressing the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian...
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14th October, 1996
SECOND COMMITTEE BEGINS DEBATE ON WORLD ECONOMIC SITUATION
Stagnation in Development Often Leads to Conflict, Says Minister for Development Cooperation of Netherlands There should be a single United Nations agency dealing with humanitarian aspects of post-conflict assistance and a greatly reduced number of agencies involved in development, the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) was...
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