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GA/9737
3 July 2000


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GA/9737


GREATER COOPERATION AND COORDINATION URGED BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPING NATIONS

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General Assembly Special Session Approaches Conclusion

Foreign ministers and delegates this afternoon continued urging the international community to provide support and resources to the world's developing countries so they did not fall farther behind in the new world economy.

SG/SM/7476
30 June 2000


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SG/SM/7476


SECRETARY-GENERAL APPALLED BY AMBUSH OF JORDANIAN PEACEKEEPERS IN SIERRA LEONE

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

The Secretary-General is appalled to learn that United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) troops from the Jordanian contingent were ambushed today near Mile 91, in an attack which left one peacekeeper dead and four wounded.

SC/6885
30 June 2000


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SC/6885


NEW CHAIRMEN OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY BODIES IN JULY

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In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the new Chairmen of the United Nations security bodies for July:

Security Council

M. Patricia Durrant (Jamaica) succeeds Jean-David Levitte (France) as President of the Security Council.

Military Staff Committee

ORG/1307
30 June 2000


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ORG/1307


TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN JULY 2000

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The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in July, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month: