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DC/2728

CEREMONY TO AWARD CERTIFICATES TO 2000 DISARMAMENT FELLOWS IS HELD IN FIRST COMMITTEE

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SG/A/748
BIO/3328

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS MAJOR-GENERAL PATRICK CAMMAERT OF THE NETHERLANDS AS COMMANDER OF UN FORCE IN ERITREA AND ETHIOPIA (UNMEE)

The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

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SC/6946

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS CONTINUED CROSS-BORDER ATTACKS ALONG BORDER AREA OF SIERRA LEONE, GUINEA AND LIBERIA

Presidential Statement Expresses Concern At Fragile Situation in Sierra Leone and Instability in Wider Region

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HR/CT/589

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES SEVENTIETH SESSION

Observations and Recommendations Are Issued on Reports Of Trinidad and Tobago, Denmark, Peru, Argentina and Gabon

(Reissued as Received)

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GA/SHC/3615

THIRD COMMITTEE ADOPTS TWO DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN –- URGING ELIMINATION OF ‘HONOUR CRIMES’ AND OF ALL FORMS OF VIOLENCE

Inconclusive Debate on ‘Honour Crimes’ Precludes Consensus

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GA/L/3164

LEGAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN COMMENDS DEBATE ON TOPICS FROM REPORT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION

Frank, Open Exchange of Views Called ‘Extremely Useful’; Head of Commission Says Comments Will Help Its Future Deliberations

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GA/AB/3403

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS CENTRAL FOR PROPOSED HUMAN RESOURCES REFORMS, SPEAKERS TELL FIFTH COMMITTEE

As the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) continued its general debate on human resources management, several speakers stressed that accountability mechanisms were of central importance to the successful implementation of the Secretary-General’s reform proposals.

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GA/AB/3402

FIFTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPOINTMENTS TO KEY ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL BODIES

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GA/9809

GENERAL ASSEMBLY WILL CONVENE HIV/AIDS SPECIAL SESSION 25-27 JUNE 2001 TO SECURE ‘GLOBAL COMMITMENT’ TO COMBAT EPIDEMIC

Also Praises Cooperation with Organization of American States, Amends Rules of Procedure Concerning General Assembly’s Opening Day

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SG/SM/7615
OBV/176

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR COMMITMENT TO ‘AN ACTIVE TOLERANCE THAT ALLOWS HUMAN BEINGS TO ACCEPT, RESPECT, AND LIVE WITH ONE ANOTHER IN PEACE’

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for the International Day of Tolerance, which is observed on 16 November: