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1999 United Nations Government News & Press Releases

30th June, 1999
ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT STRESSES NEED FOR RESOURCES TO IMPLEMENT AGREEMENTS ADOPTED BY UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL CONFERENCES
Didier Opertti (Uruguay), Opening Special Session On Review of Implementation of Cairo Conference, Welcomes 'Baby Six Billion' Following is the text of the opening statement by the President of the twenty-first special session of the General Assembly, Didier Opertti (Uruguay): This special session is convened at a double point in...
29th June, 1999
GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATES $52.5 MILLION FOR EAST TIMOR MISSION
The United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET) will receive approximately $52.5 million gross (some $51.3 million net) for the period from 5 May to 31 August, the General Assembly decided this afternoon. Adopting, without a vote, a resolution on the question of East Timor recommended by its Fifth Committee (Administrative and...
29th June, 1999
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TO HOLD 1999 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION IN GENEVA, 5 - 30 JULY
Background Release The daunting task of eradicating poverty will be confronted head on by the international community, as the Economic and Social Council convenes its 1999 substantive session in Geneva from 5 to 30 July. The Council is expected to discuss priorities to wage a war against the scourge of poverty, the elimination...
29th June, 1999
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF TOKELAU, GUAM
New Zealand and United Nations agencies were called upon to continue their assistance to Tokelau as it further develops its economy and governance structures, under the terms of a resolution adopted, without a vote, this morning by the Special Committee on the Situation with Regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the...
29th June, 1999
SECURITY COUNCIL, THROUGH PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, EXPRESSES GRAVE CONCERN AT 29 JUNE ATTACK ON UNAMET OFFICE IN MALIANA, EAST TIMOR
Calls on All Sides To End Violence, Exercise Utmost Restraint during Consultation Process Stressing the need for all sides to put an end to all kinds of violence and to exercise utmost restraint, the Security Council this afternoon expressed grave concern at the 29 June attack on the Maliana office of the United Nations Mission in...
29th June, 1999
SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS REGARDING SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MISSION OF GOOD OFFICES IN CYPRUS AND UNFICYP MANDATE
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28th June, 1999
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF SMALL ISLAND NON-SELF GOVERNING TERRITORIES
Representative of U.S. Virgin Islands Says Recommendations to Further Decolonization Remain Unimplemented in Decade Dedicated to its Eradication Recommendations that called for actions to further decolonization had not been implemented in the very decade during which colonialism was to be eradicated, the Special Committee on the...
25th June, 1999
SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS BY IDENTIFYING COMMON INTERESTS AND UNITING THEM WITH SHARED VALUES, PEOPLE CAN MAKE DIFFERENCE FOR BETTER
Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the occasion of United Nations International Day of Cooperatives, which will be observed on 3 July: This fifth United Nations International Day for Cooperatives is an opportunity to recognize the impact and membership of the cooperative movement worldwide. In many countries,...
25th June, 1999
SECURITY COUNCIL RECOMMENDS TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT REPUBLIC OF NAURU BE ADMITTED TO MEMBERSHIP IN UNITED NATIONS
The Security Council this afternoon recommended to the General Assembly that the Republic of Nauru be admitted to membership in the United Nations. By adopting resolution 1249 (1999), by a vote of 14 in favour to none against, with one abstention (China), the Council increased the Organization's total membership to 187. That action...
25th June, 1999
SECURITY COUNCIL RECOMMENDS TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT REPUBLIC OF KIRIBATI BE ADMITTED TO MEMBERSHIP OF UNITED NATIONS
The Security Council this afternoon recommended to the General Assembly that the Republic of Kiribati be admitted to membership of the United Nations. That admission would bring to 186 the Organization's total membership. Adopting, without a vote, resolution 1248 (1999), the Council acted upon the recommendation of the Committee...
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