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HR/4481

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT CALLS FOR BODY TO PROMOTE CHILDREN’S RIGHTS IN NORTHERN IRELAND

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GA/9736

GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION URGED TO SPREAD WEALTH OF NEW ECONOMIES

GENEVA, 30 June (UN Information Service) -- Delegates and ministers from around the world said this morning it was imperative that the developing and developed nations improve cooperation and coordination to ensure the riches of the new global economy were spread throughout all regions.

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SC/6884

SECURITY COUNCIL STRONGLY CONDEMNS ATTACKS BY ARMED GROUPS ON INNOCENT CIVILIANS AND HUMANITARIAN PERSONNEL IN SOMALIA

Presidential Statement Strongly Urges Somali Factions To Respect International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law

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SC/6883

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL KIERAN PRENDERGAST BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL, URGES IT NOT TO GIVE UP ON SOMALIA

Djibouti Updates Council on Somali National Peace Conference

The Secretary-General arrived in Warsaw on the evening of Monday, 26 June. He began his official visit to Poland on Tuesday morning.

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SG/SM/7473

GREECE AND FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA MEET UNDER SECRETARY-GENERAL’S AUSPICES

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

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SG/SM/7470
AFR/249

SECRETARY-GENERAL GRATIFIED TO LEARN OF RELEASE OF 21 UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SIERRA LEONE (UNAMSIL) PERSONNEL

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

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GA/9735

GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS URGE COOPERATION BETWEEN DEVELOPED, DEVELOPING NATIONS

Assessments of Copenhagen Commitments Include Equitable Distribution

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GA/9734

SPEAKERS BEFORE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION URGE COORDINATED RESPONSES TO CAUSES OF POVERTY, MARGINALIZATION

GENEVA, 29 June (UN Information Service) -- Economic globalization required coherent policies to make its effects humane and to distribute its benefits fairly, Government ministers said this morning before a General Assembly Special Session to follow up on the 1995 Copenhagen Social Summit.

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SG/SM/7469

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES IMMEDIATE END TO FIGHTING IN SUDAN

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

The Secretary-General is concerned by renewed fighting in the Bahr-el- Ghazal area between the forces of the Government of Sudan and the Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement.