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DSG/SM/146/Rev.1
19/11/2001
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DSG/SM/146/Rev.1


DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN STATEMENT TO MOSCOW ROUND TABLE, STRESSES

ROLE OF BUSINESS COMMUNITY ON GLOBAL ISSUES


This is the text of a statement in Moscow today by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at a round-table meeting on cooperation between the United Nations and the Russian business community:

L/T/4365
16/11/2001
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L/T/4365


WEEK-LONG TREATY-SIGNING EVENT CONCLUDES AT UN HEADQUARTERS


Representatives of 78 Countries Affirm Support

For Terrorism-Related and Other International Legal Instruments


The week-long series of treaty-signings at United Nations Headquarters, mainly of terrorism-related instruments, ended today.


There was a total of 175 treaty actions during the period in respect of

GA/SM/277-GA/9972
16/11/2001
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GA/SM/277
GA/9972


IN OVERVIEW OF GENERAL DEBATE, ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT PRAISES ‘RICH IDEAS,

FAR-REACHING VISIONS PRESENTED BY PARTICIPANTS


Following are the concluding remarks of the President of the General Assembly, Han Seung-Soo (Republic of Korea), at the close of this year’s general debate:


The general debate at the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly has come to an end.  Before closing it, I would like to make some concluding remarks.

AFR/360-SC/7216
16/11/2001
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AFR/360
SC/7216


PRESS STATEMENT ON ERITREA AND ETHIOPIA BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL


Following is the text of today’s press statement on Eritrea and Ethiopia by Mignonette Patricia Durrant (Jamaica), President of the Security Council:


Members of the Council held private meetings with the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Eritrea and Ethiopia respectively regarding the peace process.