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1997 United Nations Government News & Press Releases

13th October, 1997
ROLE OF STATE, MARKET, MUST BE BALANCED IN DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS THIRD COMMITTEE
Nitin Desai Says Social Dimension Missing From Development, As Committee Begins Discussing Social Development Questions An alternative approach to development had many dimensions and called for a balance between the role of the State and the role of the market, rather than the dominance of one over the other, the Third Committee...
13th October, 1997
UNITED NATIONS REFORM MUST TACKLE INADEQUACY OF RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE TOLD
Settling the serious inadequacy of development resources was an important component of United Nations reform, the representative of China told the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) this afternoon, as it continued its general debate on the world economic situation. The increasing shortage in development resources had long...
10th October, 1997
ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT GRATIFIED BY AWARDING OF NOBEL PEACE PRIZE TO 'INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO BAN LANDMINES'
Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for the President of the General Assembly, Hennadiy Udovenko (Ukraine): The President of the General Assembly has been gratified to learn that the International Campaign to Ban Landmines was awarded the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize. Every landmine removed translates into...
9th October, 1997
FIRST COMMITTEE TO BEGIN DISARMAMENT, INTERNATIONAL SECURITY DEBATE MONDAY, 13 OCTOBER
Background Release The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) meets on Monday, 13 October, to begin its general debate on a wide range of disarmament initiatives aimed at balancing the processes of nuclear disarmament and conventional arms control with national and international security concerns. The Committee...
9th October, 1997
FIRST COMMITTEE APPROVES PROGRAMME OF WORK
The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) this morning approved the programme of work for its current session. The Committee Chairman, Mothusi Nkgowe (Botswana) said that, following extensive informal consultations, the Committee's agenda items would be considered in two phases: first, those items dealing with...
8th October, 1997
SECURITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVES SANCTIONS REGIME AGAINST SIERRA LEONE
Resolution 1132 (1997) Demands That Military Junta Relinquish Power, Restore Democratically Elected Government Acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the Security Council this afternoon decided to ban the sale or supply to Sierra Leone of petroleum and petroleum products and arms and related mat豩el of all...
7th October, 1997
SECRETARY-GENERAL'S REFORM EFFORTS RECEIVE STRONG POLITICAL SUPPORT ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS AT CONCLUSION OF GENERAL DEBATE
Following is the closing statement of the President of the General Assembly, Hennadiy Udovenko (Ukraine), delivered this afternoon at the conclusion of the general debate in the Assembly plenary: The general debate at the fifty-second session of the General Assembly has come to its end. Before declaring its closure, I would like...
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