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SG/SM/7620
13 November 2000


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SG/SM/7620
ENV/DEV/552


RADICAL CHANGES IN WORLD ECONOMY NEEDED IF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS TO BE BROUGHT DOWN TO SUSTAINABLE LEVEL, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

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Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s video message to the Sixth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which is being held in The Hague from 13 to 24 November:

PI/1305
13 November 2000


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PI/1305


JOSE MARIA FIGUERES APPOINTED SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ON INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

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The appointment by Secretary-General Kofi Annan of the former President of Costa Rica to head the United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Advisory Group was announced today in New York.

GA/SPD/205
13 November 2000


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GA/SPD/205


SPEAKERS IN FOURTH COMMITTEE STRESS IMPORTANCE OF UN INFORMATION ACTIVITIES IN AREAS OF CONCERN TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

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Role of Information Activities in UN Peace Operations Also Supported

The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) resumed its general debate on questions relating to information this afternoon.

GA/L/3167
13 November 2000


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GA/L/3167


LEGAL COMMITTEE HEARS CALLS FOR GLOBAL COLLABORATION IN FIGHT AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

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Efforts to Draft Comprehensive Convention Come Under Review

A number of speakers this afternoon called for international collaboration in combating international terrorism, as the Sixth Committee (Legal) began its consideration of measures to tackle the problem.