SECURITY COUNCIL STRESSES CONCERN AT INCREASING GLOBAL MILITARY EXPENDITURES, URGES STATES TO DEVOTE 'AS MANY RESOURCES AS POSSIBLE' TO DEVELOPMENT
November 19, 2008
November 19, 2008
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 19 -- The United Nations issued the following press release:
The Security Council, stressing its concern at increasing global military expenditures, today urged all States to devote as many resources as possible to economic and social development, in particular in the fight against poverty and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
Concluding today's Council meeting on "Strengthening collective security through general re . . .
The Security Council, stressing its concern at increasing global military expenditures, today urged all States to devote as many resources as possible to economic and social development, in particular in the fight against poverty and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
Concluding today's Council meeting on "Strengthening collective security through general re . . .