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SG/SM/7554
19 September 2000


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SG/SM/7554


SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS SENSELESS VIOLENCE AGAINST HUMANITARIAN WORKERS

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Conveys Condolences to Family of Murdered UNHCR Staff Member

Following is a statement issued Monday, 18 September by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

GA/9773
19 September 2000


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GA/9773


ASSEMBLY HEARS RANGE OF SPEAKERS AS GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES

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Palestine, Panama, Indonesia among Issues Surveyed; Contradiction between National Sovereignty, Humanitarian Intervention Stressed

SG/SM/7553
18 September 2000


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SG/SM/7553


COLLECTIVE EFFORTS CAN RESOLVE UNDERDEVELOPMENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

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Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s speech to the Tenth Annual Ministerial Meeting of the Least Developed Countries:

This ministerial meeting is both timely and crucial.

SG/SM/7551
18 September 2000


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SG/SM/7551
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ADDRESSING 44TH GENERAL CONFERENCE OF IAEA, SECRETARY-GENERAL REVIEWS PAST SUCCESSES, FUTURE RISKS IN NUCLEAR FIELD

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Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the forty-fourth International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference, delivered by Steinar B. Bjornsson, Director, Division of Administrative and Common Services, United Nations Office at Vienna, on Monday, 18 September:

GA/9772
18 September 2000


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GA/9772


EMPHASIS PLACED ON IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY AND PEACE-BUILDING IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE

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It would be simplistic and incorrect wishful thinking to suggest that the United Nations intervene in internal armed conflicts across the board, Sri Lanka's Minister for Foreign Affairs said this afternoon as the General Assembly continued its general debate.