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NGO/356

COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS RECOMMENDS CONSULTATIVE STATUS FOR THREE GROUPS, DENIES TWO OTHERS

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NGO/355

2000 SESSION OF NGO COMMITTEE CONTINUES

Beginning the fourth day of the second part of its 2000 session, scheduled for 12 to 23 June, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) this morning continued reviewing applications for consultative status within the Economic and Social Council.

The current requests for consultative status were deferred from previous sessions of the Committee in 1998 and 1999.

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IK/294

GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION APPROVES AWARDS OF $148,051,137 FOR COMPENSATION AT THIRTY-SIXTH SESSION

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GA/SM/175
OBV/145

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT CALLS ON STATES THAT HAVE NOT YET DONE SO TO BECOME PARTIES TO ANTI-DESERTIFICATION CONVENTION

Following is the text of the message of General Assembly President Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia) on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought:

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GA/SM/174
ORG/1305

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, IN STATEMENT TO THIRD UN 'SECURITY SUMMIT', COMMENDS COMMITMENT, COURAGE OF THOSE RISKING LIFE IN UN SERVICE

Following is the statement by the President of the General Assembly, Theo- Ben Gurirab (Namibia), to the Third Security Summit of United Nations Personnel in New York, on 15 June:

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GA/9726

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, ACTING ON BUDGET COMMITTEE REPORTS, APPROVES SOME $1.67 BILLION IN RESOURCES FOR UN PEACEKEEPING

Assembly Observes Minute of Silence for President Al-Assad Of Syria; Text on UNIFIL Adopted by Recorded Vote of 110-2-0

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DEV/2251
POP/771

UNITED NATIONS ISSUES WALL CHART ON MARRIAGE PATTERNS 2000

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WOM/1217

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF IRAQ REPORTS

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WOM/1216

WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TAKES UP SECOND, THIRD PERIODIC REPORTS OF IRAQ

The representative of Iraq introduced her country’s second and third periodic reports on compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women this morning, highlighting for the monitoring body the effect on Iraq’s women and children of the 10-year economic embargo placed on her country.

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SG/SM/7453
AFR/245

UN ISSUES CLARIFICATION ON ZIMBABWE –- NO ELECTION MONITORS PRESENT; NONE WITHDRAWN

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

Reports that the United Nations has pulled out its election observers from Zimbabwe are not true. The United Nations had not sent and did not have any observers in Zimbabwe.