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SG/SM/7549
15 September 2000


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SG/SM/7549


SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING MINISTERS FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF GROUP OF 77, SAYS GROUP’S SUPPORT INDISPENSABLE TO UN

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Following is the text of the Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks to the 24th annual meeting of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the “Group of 77” developing countries, delivered today:

SC/6921*
15 September 2000


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SC/6921*


SECURITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZES 4,200 TROOPS FOR ETHIOPIA-ERITREA MISSION ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1320 (2000) UNANIMOUSLY

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The Security Council this morning authorized the deployment of up to 4,200 troops, including 220 military observers, for the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE). It also mandated the mission until March 2001.

PI/1293
15 September 2000


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PI/1293


MILLENNIUM PEACE DAY TO BE OBSERVED AT UN HEADQUARTERS, 19 SEPTEMBER

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The Department of Public Information, in association with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Peace Day Committee, will hold two special events at United Nations Headquarters to mark the Millennium Peace Day on Tuesday, 19 September.

WFP/1056
14 September 2000


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WFP/1056


AT PRAGUE CONFERENCE, COUNTRIES JOINING EUROPEAN UNION CONSIDER ADOPTING SCHOOL MILK PROGRAMMES

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ROME/PRAGUE 14 September (FAO) -- With school milk subsidies cut by 20 per cent in the European Union this year, the second European School Milk Conference opened today in Prague for two days with more than 20 countries represented, according to an announcement by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).