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ENV/DEV/683
03/09/2002
Press Release
ENV/DEV/683


WORLDWIDE MARKETING CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABILITY


AMONG PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVES ANNOUNCED AT SUMMIT


(Received from a UN Information Officer.)


JOHANNESBURG, 31 August -- Projects focusing on research, communications, sustainable agriculture, rural development and preservation of biodiversity were among the partnerships announced at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg this morning.

SG/SM/8355-DC/2839
30/08/2002
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SG/SM/8355
DC/2839


IF EFFECTIVENESS OF UN ARMS REGISTER IS STRENGTHENED, IT CAN SERVE


AS SIGNIFICANT EARLY-WARNING MECHANISM, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS


Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms,

30 August 2002:

SC/7493
30/08/2002
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SC/7493


PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN SEPTEMBER


In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for September:


Security Council


Stefan Tafrov, Permanent Representative of Bulgaria, succeeds John