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GA/SM/185

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, SALUTING WORLD'S YOUNG PEOPLE, STRESSES NEED FOR YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AFFAIRS

9 August 2000


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GA/SM/185
OBV/156


ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, SALUTING WORLD'S YOUNG PEOPLE, STRESSES NEED FOR YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AFFAIRS

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Following is the text of the message of General Assembly President Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia) on the occasion of the First International Youth Day, to be celebrated on 12 August:

SG/A/741

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS HATSUHISA TAKASHIMA DIRECTOR OF UN INFORMATION CENTRE IN TOKYO

8 August 2000


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SG/A/741
PI/1264


SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS HATSUHISA TAKASHIMA DIRECTOR OF UN INFORMATION CENTRE IN TOKYO

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Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Hatsuhisa Takashima as the Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Tokyo. He will take up his duties on 1 September 2000.

SAG/79

FAO: STRONG INDICATIONS FOR SLOWDOWN IN DEFORESTATION

8 August 2000


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SAG/79


FAO: STRONG INDICATIONS FOR SLOWDOWN IN DEFORESTATION

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Rome, 8 August (FAO) -- The destruction of the world's forests is continuing, but there are strong indications that the rate of deforestation is slowing down, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a statement published today.