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GA/AB/3360
23 March 2000


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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

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

GA/AB/3358
17 March 2000


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GA/AB/3358


FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP REPORTS ON OUTSOURCING

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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.

GA/AB/3357
13 March 2000


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GA/AB/3357


FIFTH COMMITTEE OPENS FIRST PART OF RESUMED FIFTY-FOURTH SESSION

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The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) opened the first part of its resumed fifty-fourth session this morning by adopting its programme of work as orally amended, and hearing calls for the timely submission of reports.

GA/9701
10 March 2000


Press Release
GA/9701


GENERAL ASSEMBLY CALLS FOR URGENT RESPONSE TO MOZAMBIQUE DISASTER, FOLLOWING RECENT UNPRECEDENTED FLOODS IN THAT COUNTRY

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The General Assembly this morning urged the international community, the United Nations system, international financial institutions and non-governmental organization to respond urgently and provide assistance to Mozambique's relief and rehabilitation efforts, following the recent devastating floods in that country.

GA/COL/3023
18 February 2000


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GA/COL/3023
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NEW WEB SITE ON DECOLONIZATION LAUNCHED 18 FEBRUARY

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The Department of Public Information launched a new Web site on decolonization today. Entitled “The United Nations and Decolonization”, the site explains one of the success stories of the United Nations.