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1997 United Nations Government News & Press Releases |
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16th September, 1997
CURRENT GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION CAN MARK BEGINNING OF NEW ERA IN UNITED NATIONS HISTORY, PRESIDENT TELLS OPENING MEETING
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15th September, 1997
DPI/NGO CONFERENCE CONCLUDES FOCUSING ON PEACE UNDER THEME 'LOOKING TO THE FUTURE'
Fifty-two years after its creation, the United Nations had become increasingly peripheral to the concept of multilateralism, former United Nations Under-Secretary-General Sir Brian Urquhart told the concluding session of the fiftieth annual Department of Public Information (DPI)/NGO Conference Friday afternoon, 12 September. The...
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12th September, 1997
DPI/NGO CONFERENCE CONSIDERS NEW APPROACHES TO OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES
Constant turnover of staff in international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) limited the success and sustainability of partnerships between NGOs and local peoples, participants in the fiftieth annual Department of Public Information (DPI)/NGO Conference were told this morning. Conrad Kottak, Chair of the Department of Anthropology,...
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12th September, 1997
SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS REPORT TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The Security Council this morning adopted its fifty-second report to the General Assembly, covering the period from 16 June 1996 to 15 June 1997. The report, produced as a guide to the Council's activities during the 12-month period, will be submitted to the General Assembly in accordance with provisions of the United Nations Charter....
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12th September, 1997
SECURITY COUNCIL ALTERS DURATION OF PERIODS AUTHORIZED IN JUNE UNDER IRAQ 'OIL-FOR-FOOD' ARRANGEMENT
Resolution 1129 (1997), Adopted by 14-0-1 Vote, Retains Overall Period of 180 Days from 8 June for Sales To Meet Humanitarian Needs Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter, the Security Council this afternoon extended from 90 to 120 days the initial period under which Iraq is permitted to sell up to $1 billion in Iraqi oil to meet...
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12th September, 1997
SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE ON UNMOT UNTIL 15 NOVEMBER
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11th September, 1997
DPI/NGO CONFERENCE DISCUSSES 'INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIPS' FOCUSING ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT
In response to Africa's political crises, a new generation of Africans had emerged to assume its own responsibilities, but wanted a new partnership with the United Nations and non-governmental organizations which would strengthen local capacity, participants at the fiftieth annual Department of Public Information (DPI)/NGO Conference...
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11th September, 1997
DPI/NGO CONFERENCE CONSIDERS NEW COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
New communications technologies, many inexpensively acquired, were contributing to processes of democratization in poor countries, the fiftieth annual NGO Conference organized by the Department of Public Information (DPI) was told this afternoon. Participants also heard that those technologies were not easily accessed by the majority...
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10th September, 1997
SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR NEW AND STRONG UN/NGO PARTNERSHIP BY YEAR 2000, IN ADDRESS TO OPENING MEETING OF DPI/NGO CONFERENCE
Assembly President Razali Ismail (Malaysia) Warns about 'Critical Ambiguity' in Building of Partnerships Secretary-General Kofi Annan this morning urged non-governmental organizations to consider holding a "People's Millennium Assembly" in the year 2000, in order to cement a new partnership between those organizations and the United...
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10th September, 1997
DPI/NGO CONFERENCE EXAMINES MILESTONES AND CURRENT TRENDS IN UNITED NATIONS/NGO PARTNERSHIP
Non-governmental organizations must devise systems of accountability to ensure that high standards of ethical behaviour are upheld consistently by NGOs, panellists told participants in the fiftieth annual Department of Public Information (DPI)/NGO Conference this afternoon. The theme of the afternoon was "Overview of UN-NGO Partnership",...
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