unitex@rubbs.fidonet.org (unitex) (09/24/89)
UN ASSEMBLY PLENARY -- TAKE 8 Posting Date: 09/24/89 Source: UNITEX Network, Hoboken, NJ, USA Host: (201) 795-0733 ISSN: 1043-7932 Next, the Assembly approved the allocation of the eight items to the Fourth Committee (Decolonization) proposed in paragraph 33 of the report of the General Committee. Item 38, dealing with a review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations, was allocated to the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary), on the understanding that the report on the United Nations intergovernmental structure and functions in the economic and social fields would be considered directly in plenary meeting and that such a decision should in no way prejudge the arrangements to be made for the future consideration of the item. Next, the Assembly decided that item 27, concerning the Joint Inspection Unit (JIU), should be allocated to the Fifth Committee, on the understanding that the reports of the Unit dealing with subject matters assigned to the other Main Committees would be referred also to those Committees. The Assembly then approved the allocation of the 21 items proposed for the Fifth Committee in paragraph 33 of the report of the General Committee. The Assembly decided to allocate to the Sixth Committee (Legal) item 152, entitled: "International criminal responsibility of individuals and entities engaged in illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs across national frontiers and other transnational criminal activities: establishment of an international criminal jourt with jurisdiction over such crimes". It then approved the allocation of the 11 items proposed for the Sixth Committee in paragraph 33 of the report of the General Committee. The Assembly next took up the second report of the General Committee (document A/44/250/Add.1), which concerns the request by Egypt and Guinea-Bissau for the inclusion of an additional item entitled "African Alternative Framework to Structural Adjustment Programmes for Socio-Economic Recovery and Transformation", which appears in document A/44/242. The Assembly decided to include the item in the agenda and that it should be considered directly in plenary meeting. The PRESIDENT said that, with the approval of the additional item, the Assembly had approved the allocation of 50 items for consideration directly in plenary meeting. The PRESIDENT adjourned the meeting at 11:34 a.m. (END OF TAKE 8 AND PRESS RELEASE GA/7837) * Origin: UNITEX --> Toward a United Species (1:107/501) --- Patt Haring | United Nations | FAX: 212-787-1726 patth@sci.ccny.cuny.edu | Information | BBS: 201-795-0733 patth@ccnysci.BITNET | Transfer Exchange | (3/12/24/9600 Baud) -=- Every child smiles in the same language. -=-
unitex@rubbs.fidonet.org (unitex) (10/11/89)
UN ASSEMBLY PLENARY -- TAKE 8 Posting Date: 10/09/89 Copyright UNITEX Communications, 1989 UNITEX Network, USA ISSN: 1043-7932 The Foreign Minister of Yemen, Mr. AL-ERYANI, then turned to the Iran-Iraq conflict and called for the removal of all barriers towards a durable peace. He added that Iran should be persuaded to expedite the exchange of prisoners of war since that would be the litmus test to determining its ultimate readiness for a comprehensive peace. In the Horn of Africa, he supported all measures aimed at negotiations and respect for territorial integrity and non-interference in the internal affairs of other States. He urged the fraternal countries of Sudan and Ethiopia to resolve their differences through negotiations. The presentation of the territorial integrity of Afghanistan and its right to self-determination without outside interference represented the cornerstone for a comprehensive and definitive settlement of that problem. He urged full implementation of the Geneva Accords. The destabilization of the front-line States in southern Africa by South Africa, he said, was reprehensible. The international community was duty bound to help the heroic people of South Africa and to bring all pressures to bear on the racist regime to end their hated policies of apartheid. He called on all countries, particularly the major powers, to stand by the United Nations in its plan for the independence of Namibia. Mr. AL-ERYANI expressed support for the conversion of the partial test-ban treaty to a comprehensive one, and for the proposals for the non-militarization of outer space. The United Nations must shoulder its responsibility with regard to disarmament and the demilitarization of space, he said. He added that the Indian Ocean should be devoid of external military presences and be speedily recognized as a zone of peace. With regard to overall disarmament in the world, he said the Zionist entity had continued to test intermediate nuclear missiles casting an aura of anxiety over the Middle East. Disarmament and development were closely linked. The gap between rich and poor continued to widen and billions were still spent on arms while the developing countries suffered from poverty and misery. The present international economic system needed to be amended. The new international economic order should be established. International economic relations needed to be rebuilt on the principles of equality and justice. His country, Mr. AL-ERYANI said, had benefited from the establishment of the Arab Co-operation Council by Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, and Yemen. The Council aimed at improving the social, economic and cultural conditions of all its members. Together with the Maghreb Union and the Gulf Co-operation Council, that body was helping Yemen in developing to its fullest potential. * Origin: UNITEX --> Toward a United Species (1:107/501) --- Patt Haring | United Nations | Did u read patth@sci.ccny.cuny.edu | Information | misc.headlines.unitex patth@ccnysci.BITNET | Transfer Exchange | today? -=- Every child smiles in the same language. -=-