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GA/AB/3405

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND MEDIUM-TERM PLAN FOR 2002-2005

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GA/9812

ASSEMBLY ADOPTS TEXTS ON ‘BETHLEHEM 2000’ AND UNITED NATIONS COOPERATION WITH CARRIBEAN COMMUNITY

Acting without a vote this afternoon, the General Assembly adopted resolutions on “Bethlehem 2000” and on cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

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GA/9811

ASSEMBLY IS TOLD SHARED OBJECTIVE OF POVERTY ERADICATION SHOULD MOTIVATE STRONGER LINKS BETWEEN UN AND OAU

African Speakers, Noting Some Success in Joint Efforts, Seek Intensified Cooperation; Debate Ends on IAEA Report

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UNU/199

WORKSHOP ON 'BUILDING CONFLICT PREVENTION CAPACITY: METHODS, EXPERIENCES, NEEDS' TO BE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS

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GA/SPD/196

FOURTH COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE’S REPORT ON ISRAELI PRACTICES IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES

Also Approves Draft Resolution on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

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GA/SM/211

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT CALLS FOR NEW RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UN, CIVIL SOCIETY

Following is the text of the keynote address by General Assembly President Harri Holkeri to the General Assembly of the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Status with the United Nations, delivered in Vienna on 6 November:

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GA/SHC/3617

PROTECTION OF HUMANITARIAN PERSONNEL, NEED FOR FAIRER BURDEN-SHARING STRESSED AS COMMITTEE DEBATES REFUGEE-RELATED ISSUES

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GA/SHC/3616

COMMITTEE DEBATES WORLD REFUGEE MOVEMENT, CONGRATULATES HIGH COMMISSIONER ON 10-YEAR STEWARDSHIP

Committee Adopts Text On Palestinian Right to Self-Determination After Recorded Vote

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GA/AB/3404

HUMAN RESOURCES, AUDITORS’ REPORT AND PROGRAMMING PLANNING DISCUSSED IN FIFTH COMMITTEE

Never before had such concrete mechanisms of accountability been developed and implemented at the United Nations, the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources Management, Rafiah Salim, told the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this morning, as it continued its general debate on human resources management.

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GA/9810

TOTAL DEPENDENCE ON FOSSIL FUELS, HYDROELECTRIC POWER FACILITIES NOT SUSTAINABLE, AGENCY HEAD TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

IAEA Director-General Advocates Expansion of Peaceful Nuclear Energy, Subject to Safety, Cost, Environmental Factors