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SC/7301
13/02/2002
Press Release
SC/7301


PRESS STATEMENT ON LIBERIA BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL


Following is the text of today’s press statement on Liberia by Adolfo Aguilar Zinser (Mexico), President of the Security Council:

SC/7300
13/02/2002
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SC/7300


Security Council

4473rd Meeting (PM)


SECURITY COUNCIL EXPRESSES FULL SUPPORT FOR NEW SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR KOSOVO


The Security Council this afternoon expressed full support for the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Michael Steiner, upon his assumption of the position as Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK).

ECOSOC/5998
13/02/2002
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ECOSOC/5998


Economic and Social Council

2002 Organizational Session

2nd Meeting (PM)


ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL APPROVES AGENDA FOR JULY 2002 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION


Hears Briefings on Coordination Board, ‘World Economic and Social Prospect 2002’


The Economic and Social Council took a number of decisions regarding its 2002 substantive session, to be held in July, during its organizational session this afternoon.

SG/SM/8122-GA/PAL/878
12/02/2002
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SG/SM/8122
GA/PAL/878


IMPLEMENTATION OF MITCHELL RECOMMENDATIONS, TENET UNDERSTANDINGS CRITICAL

TO STOPPING 'DEADLY SPIRAL OF VIOLENCE', SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS


Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the opening of the 2002 session of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People:

HR/4580
12/02/2002
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HR/4580


HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WELCOMES ENTRY INTO FORCE


OF INSTRUMENT AGAINST USE OF CHILD SOLDIERS


GENEVA, 12 February (UN Information Service) -- A treaty to ban the use of children as soldiers comes into force today, crowning ten years of international efforts to fight one of the major causes of human rights violations in the world.