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GA/SHC/3564

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ASKED TO ARRANGE HIGH-LEVEL CONFERENCE NEXT YEAR FOR SIGNING OF CONVENTION AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME

Decision on Millennium Event among Various Actions Taken By Social Committee; Proposal on Death Penalty Shelved for Present Session

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GA/SHC/3563

REFUGEES, HUMANITARIAN PERSONNEL NOW AT GREATER RISK THAN A DECADE AGO, ASSEMBLY’S SOCIAL COMMITTEE TOLD

Red Cross Official Says Environment `More Volatile’; As Debate Ends, UNHCR Director Stresses Need for Stabilization, Post-Conflict Recovery

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GA/9659

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS TEXTS ON UNITED NATIONS DECADE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, CENTENNIAL OF 1899 INTERNATIONAL PEACE CONFERENCE

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GA/9658

GENERAL ASSEMBLY REVIEWS ACHIEVEMENTS OF DECADE ON INTERNATIONAL LAW; SPEAKERS URGE CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO DECADE’S OBJECTIVES

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GA/SPD/176

FOURTH COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF QUESTIONS RELATING TO INFORMATION

Under-Secretary-General For Communications and Public Information Addresses Committee

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GA/SHC/3562

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ASKED TO PROCLAIM 2001 AS INTERNATIONAL YEAR AGAINST RACISM, XENOPHOBIA, OTHER FORMS OF INTOLERANCE

Social Committee Calls for Widespread Observance; Other Texts Seek Elimination of Religious Bias, Action Against Mercenary Activity

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GA/SHC/3561

ASSEMBLY’S SOCIAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SHOULD GIVE UP ‘SELECTIVE ATTENTION’ TO REFUGEE PROBLEMS

‘No First Class or Second Class’, Algeria Says; Iceland Describes Support System for Integrating Newcomers into Society

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GA/L/3137

LEGAL COMMITTEE APPROVES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WORK OF CHARTER COMMITTEE; CONTINUES DEBATE ON MEASURES TO COMBAT TERRORISM

A draft resolution on the future work of the Special Committee on the United Nations Charter, approved this morning by the Sixth Committee (Legal), would envisage a shorter than usual session for the Charter Committee.

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GA/SHC/3560

BRIDGING GAP BETWEEN RELIEF, DEVELOPMENT, CRUCIAL IN POST-CONFLICT REHABILITATION, COMMITTEE HEARS

Eight Draft Resolutions Introduced As Representatives Discuss Assistance to Refugees, Migrant Policies

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GA/L/3136

LEGAL COMMITTEE SALUTES ACHIEVEMENTS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW DECADE; CONTINUES DEBATE ON ANTI-TERRORISM MEASURES