The General Assembly would reiterate that the only way to put an end to the special and particular colonial situation on the question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) was a peaceful and negotiated settlement of the sovereignty dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom, by the terms of a draft resolution approved without a vote this morning by the Special Committee on decolonization.
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GA/9735/
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS URGE COOPOERATION BETWEEN DEVELOPED, DEVLELOPING NATIONS CORRECTION
20000711GENEVA, 11 July (UN Information Service) -- In Press Release GA/9735 of 29 June 2000, the name of the speaker for Slovakia on page 5 should have read:
PETER MAGVASI, Minister for Labour, Social Affairs and Family of Slovakia.
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ECOSOC/5903
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF IMPLEMENTATION OF HABITAT AGENDA
20000711
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ECOSOC/5902
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF FOLLOW-UP TO MAJOR UN CONFERENCES
20000711A special session review of every major United Nations conference every five years was a very demanding process and probably not cost effective, Ado Vaher, Director, Office of United Nations Affairs and External Relations of the United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICCEF), told the Economic and Social Council this morning.
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SG/SM/7488
SECRETARY-GENERAL'S STATEMENT ON ELECTIONS IN HAITI
20000710The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
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SG/SM/7489
SREBRENICA TRAGEDY WILL FOREVER HAUNT UNITED NATIONS HISTORY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL ON FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF CITY'S FALL
20000710Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the fifth anniversary of the fall of Srebrenica, 11 July:
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SG/SM/7487
AFG/116
SECRETARY-GENERAL DISMAYED TO LEARN OF LATEST RESURGENCE OF FIGHTING IN AFGHANISTAN
20000710The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
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SG/SM/7486
POP/776
SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ESSENTIAL PART OF UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS
20000710Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message "Saving Women's Lives", on the occasion of World Population Day, which will be observed tomorrow:
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SG/SM/7485/Rev.1*
AFR/253/Rev.1*
SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS UNITED NATIONS STANDS 'READY TO HELP AFRICA, WHEREVER AND HOWEVER IT CAN'
20000710Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the Annual Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), in Lomé on 10 July:
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SG/SM/7485
AFR/253
SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS UNITED NATIONS STANDS 'READY TO HELP AFRICA, WHEREVER AND HOWEVER IT CAN'
20000710Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the Annual Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), in Lomé on 10 July:
Let me add my voice to all those that have thanked the people and Government of Togo for their generous hospitality.