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Africa’s partners must not renege on development support – Assembly chief
15 October 2008 - Countries must not forget their commitments to help meet Africa’s development needs, even as they are trying to grapple with the current economic slowdown, the President of the General Assembly stressed today.
General Assembly ban on all human cloning to be reconsidered by UN ethics panel
13 October 2008 - The permissibility of therapeutic cloning will be the focus of a United Nations ethics panel later this month when it considers whether a non-binding General Assembly declaration calling on Member States to ban all forms of human cloning should be reassessed in light of scientific, ethical, social, political and legal advances.
General Assembly President calls for boosting UN’s peacebuilding capacity
9 October 2008 - The President of the General Assembly today urged Member States to support the strengthening of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture, designed to help countries emerging from conflict to secure long-term peace and avoid slipping back into war or chaos.
UN World Court to give opinion on legality of Kosovo’s independence
8 October 2008 - The General Assembly voted today to ask the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for a non-binding advisory opinion on the legality of Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia.
States pledge at UN to tackle special needs of landlocked poor nations
3 October 2008 - The General Assembly today wrapped up a special high-level meeting with Member States renewing the pledge made five years ago to help the world's 31 landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) overcome the problems caused by their lack of territorial access to the sea and their remoteness and isolation from world markets.