UN LATIN AMERICAN, CARIBBEAN ECONOMIC COMMISSION FORECASTS

RALPH BUNCHE REMEMBERED AS CHAMPION OF PEACE, TOWERING 20^TH CENTURY FIGURE,

AS UN MARKS CENTENARY OF BIRTH WITH STAMP ISSUE AT HEADQUARTERS CEREMONY

PROGRESS REPORTED ON LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES GLOBAL ACTION PLAN;

MARKET ACCESS REMAINS STICKING POINT

NEW YORK, 7 August -- Satisfaction on progress towards the first global action plan on landlocked developing countries was expressed at a Preparatory Committee bureau meeting held today, in advance of the International Ministerial Conference that will take place late this month in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

CHINA ACCEPTS ‘FIVE AMBASSADORS’ PROPOSAL ON PREVENTION

OF ARMS RACE IN OUTER SPACE, AS AMENDED

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PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GUINEA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Alpha Ibrahima Sow, the new Permanent Representative of Guinea to the United Nations, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan today.

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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CHINA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Wang Guangya, the new Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, presented his credentials today to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CYPRUS PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Andreas D. Mavroyiannis, the new Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF NORWAY PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received by the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Johan Ludvik Lovald, the new Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan today.

‘WITHOUT URGENT ACTION MORE LIVES WILL BE LOST’ SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL,

AS UN HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES REQUEST EMERGENCY FUNDS FOR LIBERIA

Following is the Kofi Annan’s message for the launch of the Revised Humanitarian Appeal for Liberia, delivered by Jacques Paul Klein, his Special Representative for Liberia, in New York on 6 August: