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GA/AB/3378/
31 May 2000


Press Release
GA/AB/3378/


FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP FINANCING FOR MISSIONS IN KOSOVO, EAST TIMOR, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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CORRECTION

On page 6 of Press Release GA/AB/3378 issued 26 May, the third paragraph of the statement of WARREN SACH, Director of the Programme Planning and Budget Division, should read, as follows:

DEV/2246
31 May 2000


Press Release
DEV/2246


NITIN DESAI SAYS PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR CONFERENCE ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT MUST STRIVE FOR ‘CLEAR PRODUCT, MAXIMUM VISIBILITY’

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The Preparatory Committee for the High-level International Intergovernmental Event on Financing for Development must employ basic marketing principles to ensure maximum visibility for the conference, the Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs said this morning.

DEV/2245
31 May 2000


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DEV/2245
WOM/1197


UNITED NATIONS RELEASES MOST RECENT STATISTICS ON WORLD'S WOMEN

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Latest Comprehensive Report on Available Data Shows Gains, but Persistent Disparities between Women and Men Worldwide

SG/SM/7422
30 May 2000


Press Release
SG/SM/7422
AFR/235


SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS RELEASE OF 'VIRTUALLY ALL' SIERRA LEONE PEACEKEEPERS

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The following statement was issued on 28 May by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is delighted with the news out of Liberia that virtually all of the detained peacekeepers in Sierra Leone have been freed.