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GA/COL/3033

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.

GA/9735/
11 July 2000


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GA/9735/


GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS URGE COOPOERATION BETWEEN DEVELOPED, DEVLELOPING NATIONS CORRECTION

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GENEVA, 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/5902
11 July 2000


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ECOSOC/5902


ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF FOLLOW-UP TO MAJOR UN CONFERENCES

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A 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 Children’s Fund (UNICCEF), told the Economic and Social Council this morning.

SG/SM/7488
10 July 2000


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SG/SM/7488


SECRETARY-GENERAL'S STATEMENT ON ELECTIONS IN HAITI

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

SG/SM/7485
10 July 2000


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SG/SM/7485
AFR/253


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS UNITED NATIONS STANDS 'READY TO HELP AFRICA, WHEREVER AND HOWEVER IT CAN'

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Following 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.