General Assembly: Press Release

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GA/AB/3363

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONSIDERS FINANCING OF PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO AND EAST TIMOR

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GA/COL/3025

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION APPROVES REVISED PROGRAMME OF WORK

The Special Committee on the Situation with Regard to the Implementation of the Declaration of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, in a brief meeting this morning, approved the text of the revised programme of work and timetable of its substantive session, which is to take place in July.

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GA/AB/3362

FIFTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ASSEMBLY APPROVE CLOSE TO $6.2 MILLION FOR POLITICAL MISSIONS IN GUINEA-BISSAU AND CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this morning recommended the Assembly approve requirements of close to $6.2 million for political missions in Guinea-Bissau and the Central African Republic against the provision for special political missions in the programme budget for 2000-2001.

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GA/AB/3361

CLOSE ATTENTION BEING PAID TO ASBESTOS SITUATION AT HEADQUARTERS, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

Assistant Secretary-General for Central Support Services Says Safety Not Compromised by Presence of Asbestos

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GA/COL/3024

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION APPROVES GUIDELINES FOR PACIFIC REGIONAL SEMINAR

The Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples this afternoon approved the draft guidelines and rules of procedure for this year’s Pacific Regional Seminar (contained in provisional document A/AC.109/2000/1).

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GA/AB/3360

UNITED NATIONS HAS TAKEN ‘STEP BACK FROM FINANCIAL BRINK’ IN 1999, UNDER- SECRETARY-GENERAL CONNOR TELLS ASSEMBLY’S BUDGETARY COMMITTEE

Current Year Projection Is More Cash, Better Assessments Collection, Lower Level Of Debt -– ‘A UN Better Prepared to Meet Responsibilities Member States Gave It’

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GA/AB/3359

FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP REPORTS ON ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS, DISCUSSES PROPOSED DEFINITION FOR ‘EXIGENCY’ IN PROCURMENT

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) took up a number of reports on administrative matters this morning, as it continued its first resumed session.

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GA/AB/3358

FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP REPORTS ON OUTSOURCING

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) met this morning to consider reports on ways the United Nations Secretariat could use outsourcing as a means of performing certain of its functions.

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GA/9703

ASSEMBLY DECIDES TO HOLD MILLENNIUM SUMMIT FROM 6 TO 8 SEPTEMBER

Presidents of Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Sessions to Preside over Event

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GA/9702

GENERAL ASSEMBLY REQUESTS ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR MADAGASCAR FOLLOWING DEVASTATION CAUSED BY TROPICAL CYCLONES