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GA/SM/221
28 November 2000


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GA/SM/221
HR/4504


GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, IN HUMAN RIGHTS DAY MESSAGE, STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION FOR EXERCISE OF RIGHTS

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Knowledge Seen as Aid to Better Understanding between Diverse People, Empowerment of Those Marginalized, Elimination of Discrimination

This is the text of a message from Harri Holkeri (Finland), President of the General Assembly, on the occasion of Human Rights Day, 10 December 2000:

GA/PAL/848
28 November 2000


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GA/PAL/848


PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO HOLD SOLEMN MEETING ON INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY DAY, 29 NOVEMBER

20001128

A solemn meeting of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People will be held on Wednesday, 29 November, in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, as mandated by General Assembly resolution 32/40 B of 2 December 1977.

SG/SM/7641
27 November 2000


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SG/SM/7641
PAL/1883


SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR PALESTINIAN PEOPLE

20001127

Following the text of the Secretary-General’s message on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, commemorated on 29 November:

SG/SM/7639
27 November 2000


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SG/SM/7639


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS FAILURE TO ACT NOW ON PEACEKEEPING RECOMMENDATIONS PACKAGE WILL WEAKEN UN CAPABILITIES

20001127

Following is the text of a statement made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the General Assembly’s Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) on the implementation of recommendations of his Panel on United Nations Peace Operations: