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SG/SM/8066-AFG/173
04/12/2001
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SG/SM/8066
AFG/173


TRUE AFGHAN PEACE NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT RESTORATION OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO BRUSSELS SUMMIT


Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Afghan Women’s Summit for Democracy, being held in Brussels 4 to 5 December, delivered today on his behalf by Angela King, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Gender Issues and the Advancement of Women:

SG/SM/8063
04/12/2001
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SG/SM/8063


SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEASED AT AGREEMENT TO START


DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS BY PARTIES IN CYPRUS


The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:


The Secretary-General is very pleased at the agreement reached today by Mr. Clerides and Mr. Denktash to start direct negotiations in mid-January 2002, at his invitation.

GA/EF/2987
04/12/2001
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GA/EF/2987


Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

36th Meeting (PM)


SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES 13 DEVELOPMENT-RELATED DRAFT TEXTS


Drafts on Natural Resources of Palestinian People,

Economic Measures as Means of Coercion Approved by Recorded Vote