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SC/6872
8 June 2000


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SC/6872


SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS IRAQ ‘OIL-FOR-FOOD’ PROGRAMME FOR FURTHER 180 DAYS

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Resolution 1302 (2000) Adopted Unanimously

The Security Council decided tonight to extend the Iraq “oil-for-food” programme for a further 180-day period beginning tomorrow.

GA/9723
8 June 2000


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GA/9723


SAD AND SOBERING REALITY THAT WOMEN CONTINUE TO BE DEPRIVED OF BASIC AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, SPECIAL ASSEMBLY SESSION TOLD

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It was a sad and sobering reality that women continued to be deprived of basic and fundamental rights because of measures imposed in certain countries, the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly was told this afternoon.

DSG/SM/96
8 June 2000


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DSG/SM/96


DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL DESCRIBES ‘CHANGING LANDSCAPE’ OF PEACEKEEPING IN OTTAWA ADDRESS

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Following is the address of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette on “United Nations Peacekeeping –- a changing landscape”, to the Canadian Institute of International Affairs and the United Nations Association of Canada in Ottawa on 8 June: