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GA/9864
24/04/2001
Press Release
GA/9864


Fifty-fifth General Assembly

Plenary

99th Meeting (AM)


GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS TWO ADDITIONAL JUDGES


FOR RWANDA INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL


The General Assembly this morning elected Winston Churchill Matanzima Maqutu (Lesotho) and Arlette Ramaroson (Madagascar) as judges for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), following two rounds of voting.  Their terms of office will commence as soon as possible.

SG/SM/7776-REC/99
23/04/2001
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SG/SM/7776
REC/99


SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN TENTH ANNIVERSARY MESSAGE, PRAISES ACCOMPLISHMENTS


OF EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT


   Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, delivered on his behalf by Danuta Hubner, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe in London on 22 April:

SG/SM/7775
23/04/2001
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SG/SM/7775


SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES ‘PROFOUND HUMANITY AND INTEGRITY’


OF JULIUS K. NYERERE AT NEW YORK MEMORIAL MASS


Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the memorial mass in honour of the late Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere in New York on 20 April:


It is a great honour for me to join you all for this memorial mass in honour of the late Mwalimu Julius Nyerere. 

DSG/SM/129-SC/7051
23/04/2001
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DSG/SM/129
SC/7051


CIVILIAN PROTECTION MUST BE REGULAR, CENTRAL ASPECT OF UN PEACE OPERATIONS,


DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS, IN STATEMENT TO SECURITY COUNCIL


Following is the statement of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the Security Council meeting on the protection of civilians in armed conflict in New York on 23 April: