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GA/SM/334-GA/10166
02/10/2003
Press Release
GA/SM/334
GA/10166


AT CLOSE OF HIGH-LEVEL DEBATE, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT HIGHLIGHTS GOVERNMENTS’


‘RESOUNDING SUPPORT’ FOR MULTILATERALISM, UN PRIMARY ROLE


Following is the statement by the President of the General Assembly, Julian R. Hunte (Saint Lucia), at the close of the general debate of the fifty-eighth session of the General Assembly today:

GA/10165
02/10/2003
Press Release
GA/10165


Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

21st & 22nd Meetings (AM & PM)


GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES ANNUAL HIGH-LEVEL DEBATE -- NEED FOR JOINT ACTION


STRESSED CONCERNING DEVELOPMENT, IRAQI RECONSTRUCTION, WEAPONS PROLIFERATION


During Two-week Session, 189 Speakers Heard, Including 77 Heads of State

And Government, 4 Vice-Presidents, 94 Deputy Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers

UNEP/172
01/10/2003
Press Release
UNEP/172


SCIENTISTS TURN SPOTLIGHT ON THREATS, OPPORTUNITIES


OF BOOMING MARINE AQUARIA TRADE


(Reissued as received.)


NAIROBI/LONDON, 1 October (UNEP)- - Over 20 million tropical fish, including 1,471 species ranging from the sapphire devil to the copperhead butterflyfish, are being harvested annually to supply the booming marine aquarium trade in Europe and the United States, according to the most comprehensive global survey ever undertaken.