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SC/6968

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED BY RESOLUTION 1267 (1999) CONCERNING AFGHANISTAN REAFFIRMS ITS PROCEDURES FOR HUMANITARIAN FLIGHTS

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OBV/187
PI/1311

EDUCATING YOUNG PEOPLE BEST INSURANCE AGAINST SPREAD OF HIV/AIDS, WORLD AIDS DAY OBSERVANCE TOLD

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L/2967

PREPARATORY COMMISSION FOR INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT IS TOLD DEFINITION OF ‘CRIME OF AGGRESSION’ STILL UNDER REVIEW

Working Group Chairman Reports on Discussions; Updates Also Offered On Financial Arrangements, Relationship of New Body with United Nations

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HR/4506

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES TWENTY-FOURTH SESSION

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Portugal,

Finland, Belgium and Morocco; Preliminary Recommendations to Yugoslavia

(Reissued as received.)

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GA/SM/226
PAL/1884

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT CALLS FOR RENEWED COMMITMENT TO UNRWA

Following is the text of a statement from the General Assembly President, Harri Holkeri (Finland), on the occasion of the pledging conference for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), on 4 December:

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GA/EF/2947

SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES SIX DRAFT RESOLUTIONS, ONE DRAFT DECISION

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GA/9839

GENERAL ASSEMBLY URGES STATES TO IMPLEMENT MEASURES TO WEAKEN LINK BETWEEN DIAMOND TRADE AND WEAPONS FOR REBEL MOVEMENTS

Support Sought for Security Council Resolutions on Global Efforts To Limit Role of ‘Conflict Diamonds”; Suffering in African Nations Cited

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GA/9838

ASSEMBLY ADOPTS SIX RESOLUTIONS BY RECORDED VOTE ON PALESTINE QUESTION, SITUATION IN MIDDLE EAST

The General Assembly this morning adopted six resolutions by recorded vote -- two on the situation in the Middle East and four on the question of Palestine -- as it concluded its consideration of those items.

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DSG/SM/118

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, ACCEPTING GIFT FROM IRELAND, PRAISES IRISH SPIRIT, GENEROSITY, COURAGE

Following is the statement of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the presentation of a gift from Ireland to the United Nations in New York on 1 December:

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DSG/SM/117
SOC/4553

IN FIGHT AGAINST AIDS, SILENCE IS ENEMY, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL AT WORLD AIDS DAY EVENT

Following is the text of a statement by Deputy Secretary-General Louis Frechette at an event held in New York to mark World Aids Day (1 December):