No. 22, January - January 1985
Index
- "...The worst only needs to happen once..." (nuclear war)
- "Our job is to keep the pipelines full..." (drought prevention in Africa)
- "To build a better world".
- $1.1 billion pledged for World Bank's Special Facility for sub-Saharan Africa.
- $1.7 billion in new aid needed for drought-stricken nations.
- $12.8 million pledged to aid Kampuchean refugees.
- 'A new era in crime prevention.'
- 'End apartheid by 1 January 1987', panel of eminent persons asks; details world programme for action by TNCs.
- 'Many forms of rights violations'.
- 'Unprovoked and unwarranted attack' on Botswana condemned by Security Council.
- 1985 Conference on Disarmament concludes.
- A 'gruesome' form of rights violations: enforced or involuntary disappearances.
- Afghanistan proximity talks: "intense, serious and fruitful".
- Aging: an update on the elderly worldwide.
- Aid for Ethiopian relief reaches over $300 million, UNDRO reports.
- Apartheid: a study in black and white.
- Assistance to Africa among main issues discussed during Secretary-General's trip to Europe and Africa.
- Bishop Tutu calls for dismantling of apartheid system, beginning of dialogue with blacks.
- Brazzaville seminar asks action on Namibia.
- Call for imposition of mandatory sanctions against Pretoria.
- Camel caravan aids isolated tribesmen in drought-affected Sudan.
- Co-operative programmes for peaceful use of space cited by United Nations Space Committee.
- Commission on status of women discusses preparations for women's conference.
- Committee chairman urges action to end 'reign of violence'.
- Committee on UN Charter stresses duty of all members to fulfill charter obligations.
- Concern expressed over attacks on Kampuchean border camps.
- Conference calls for continued Olympic ban against South Africa.
- Conference urges world-wide boycott of South African and Namibian goods.
- Conflicts and militarism.
- Convention against Torture signed by 21 countries.
- Council for Namibia commends supporters of resources decree.
- Council for Namibia holds extraordinary session in Vienna, urges sanctions.
- Council for Namibia plans legal action to enforce Decree on resources.
- Country reports, rights of minorities discussed by Human Rights Committee.
- Crisis in Africa dominates work of Economic and Social Council at second 1985 session.
- Day of solidarity with South African and Namibian women observed on 9 August.
- Day of Solidarity with South African Political Prisoners observed; immediate release of all such detainees asked.
- Decolonization Committee acts on southern Africa, small territories at August session.
- Delhi Declaration on Nuclear Arms Race.
- Development and the family.
- Disarmament Commission chairman says 'excessive time' spent on procedure.
- Disarmament Conference agrees on space arms committee.
- Disarmament Conference concludes first part of 1985 session.
- Disarmament Conference continues work on nuclear issues.
- Disarmament Conference launches 1985 session at time of 'hopeful developments' on arms control.
- Disarmament: four new studies.
- Domingo L. Siazon named UNIDO chief.
- Draft convention against apartheid in sports submitted to General Assembly for adoption.
- Drinking water and sanitation decade: record progress in early 1980s.
- Drug abuse: a social and economic threat.
- Economic and Social Council marks victory over nazism and fascism.
- Education.
- Employment.
- Fifty-two witnesses present testimony during four days of hearings.
- Finding a place in the geostationary orbit: aim is to ensure access for all.
- Food, fertilizer, pumps, trucks ... emergency needs of 20 countries.
- Guidelines for consumer protection adopted at resumed Assembly session.
- High-level talks on Cyprus seek to bridge 'narrow gap.'
- How the United Nations plan for Namibian independence evolved.
- Human rights and "popular participation".
- Human rights commission requests monitoring of torture cases.
- Human Rights Committee considers country reports on Afghanistan, Ukrainian SSR.
- Human rights violations worsen in southern Africa, experts say.
- Human rights working group calls for policies to abolish traditional practices.
- Human Settlements Commission approves Habitat's 1986-1987 work programme.
- ILC considers a broad scope of international law questions.
- Imprisonment of children, slavery, racial discrimination acted on by human rights.
- Indian Ocean Committee establishes working group on issues.
- International Labour conference takes steps to combat industrial hazards, ensure women's equality.
- Killings, arrests and detentions in South Africa condemned in council.
- Lome declaration on disarmament and development adopted.
- Medical expert reports use of chemical weapons in Iran-Iraq war.
- Migrant workers: recent trends.
- More than 1 million African drought victims saved through international efforts, OEOA says.
- Namibia Day observed at two solemn meetings at headquarters.
- New paper on third development strategy called for.
- New world information and communication order focus of work of Committee on Information in 1985.
- Non-proliferation treaty deemed "essential" to international peace and security, continued support for objectives expressed.
- Office of Emergency Operations in Africa set up to mobilize relief efforts.
- Opposition to nuclear testing in the Pacific voiced; action on refugees and peace-keeping taken.
- Outer space legal questions discussed by Sub-Committee.
- Outer space sub-committee discusses spacecraft and satellite issues.
- Population Commission recommends action by governments and United Nations system.
- Prisoners of war in Iran and Iraq - 'when will the war finally end?'.
- Progress made in drafting convention on right of child.
- Progress reported on plans for Sea-Bed Authority.
- Proximity talks 'very difficult but also very useful'.
- Renewed efforts to end Namibian occupation urged at seminar.
- Report on Afghanistan urges steps to normalcy.
- Report on alleged violations of human rights in Iran.
- Report on the abolition of slavery in Mauritania.
- Reports on Namibia: military, economic, political.
- Rights violations continue in Chile, report declares.
- Rock star Stevie Wonder honoured for work against apartheid.
- Role of the state.
- Science and Technology Committee approves action to set up global information network.
- Sea convention not yet in force, but its impact is already felt.
- Secretary-General appeals for Alec Collett's release; five other UNRWA staff set free, unharmed.
- Secretary-General calls for "orderly take-over" from Israeli forces in Lebanon.
- Secretary-General calls for world conference on drug abuse.