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GA/9625

NINETEEN SPEAKERS ADDRESS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AS TWO-DAY FOLLOW-UP TO 1999 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF OLDER PERSONS CONTINUES

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GA/SPD/157

FOURTH COMMITTEE OPENS DECOLONIZATION DEBATE, ELECTS RAPPORTEUR

While the popular consultation in East Timor had already taken place, the people of Western Sahara were still struggling to make their will known through a similar referendum, the representative of Algeria told the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) this morning.

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GA/AB/3309

FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP FINANCING OF UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN EAST TIMOR

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GA/AB/3308

FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP FINANCING OF ANGOLA AND IRAQ-KUWAIT MISSIONS; ALSO ADDRESSES ISSUES RELATED TO PROCUREMENT REFORM

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GA/9624

ELDERLY SHOULD NOT BE SEEN AS DEPRECIATING ASSET, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD

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GA/9622

IN FOLLOW-UP TO INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF OLDER PERSONS, GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES PROBLEMS AND PROMISE OF AGEING POPULATIONS

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GA/9621

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE; TOTAL OF 180 SPEAKERS HEARD

Afghanistan Calls for Sanctions against Pakistan; Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Burundi Urge One Another to End Interference

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GA/9620

VOTING PRACTICE, NOT `SHOP-WORN ISSUE OF NON-PERMANENT MEMBERSHIP’ KEY IN SECURITY COUNCIL, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD

Stressing that United Nations reform should focus on the Security Council, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Foreign Minister of Estonia, told the General Assembly that the key issue in that body was voting practice, not the shop-worn issue of non-permanent membership.

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GA/9619

BOTSWANA SALUTES AFRICAN RESOLVE AGAINST UNDEMOCRATIC TAKEOVERS, CALLS FOR ISOLATION OF UNITA

Tadjikistan Proposes Global Observance to Combat Water Pollution

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GA/9618

SPEAKERS ADDRESS QUESTION OF SANCTIONS IN ASSEMBLY'S GENERAL DEBATE