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HR/4473

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT CALLS ON OSCE TO IMPLEMENT CONCRETE MEASURES ON BEHALF OF WAR-AFFECTED CHILDREN

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GA/AB/3376

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF OVERSIGHT REPORTS ON HUMAN SETTLEMENTS, ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME, RWANDA

Speakers Say Rwanda Human Rights Operation Report Describes Extensive Management Failures, but Holds No One Accountable

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SG/SM/7414

SECRETARY-GENERAL DESIGNATES SERGIO VIEIRA DE MELLO SPECIAL ENVOY FOR FIJI

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

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SG/SM/7413
AFR/232

SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED BY REPORTS FROM SIERRA LEONE OF MUTILATED BODIES FOUND WEARING UN UNIFORMS

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

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SG/SM/7412

SECRETARY-GENERAL, CAREFULLY FOLLOWING SOUTH LEBANON EVENTS, URGES PARTIES TO EXERCISE MAXIMUM RESTRAINT

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

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SG/SM/7411
GA/9710

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING PARTICIPANTS AT MILLENNIUM FORUM, CALLS FOR INTENSIFIED 'NGO REVOLUTION'

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's keynote address to the Millennium Forum, delivered this morning:

I am delighted to welcome you all to the United Nations. Warm greetings also to those watching in Geneva, Nairobi, Vienna, Buenos Aires, Chicago -- and on the Web.

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SG/SM/7410
AFR/231

SECRETARY-GENERAL, 'IMMENSELY SADDENED AT RESUMPTION OF INCOMPREHENSIBLE WAR', URGES ETHIOPIA, ERITREA TO CONCLUDE IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE

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

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SG/SM/7409
DC/2711

'HISTORIC CONSENSUS' SIGNIFICANT STEP TOWARDS MORE PEACEFUL WORLD, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT CONCLUSION OF NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE

The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Saturday, 20 may, at the conclusion of the 2000 Review Conference of the parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT):

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SEA/1675

MEETING OF STATES PARTIES TO LAW OF SEA CONVENTION OPENS AT HEADQUARTERS

Peter Donigi (Papua New Guinea) Elected President

The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea was increasingly becoming one of the unique instruments of international law, the President of the tenth meeting of States parties to the Convention said this morning, as it began its five-day session.

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HR/4472

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES TWENTY-FOURTH SESSION

Considers Reports of Poland, Portugal, China, Paraguay, El Salvador, United States, Netherlands, Slovenia

GENEVA, 19 May (UN Information Service) -- The Committee against Torture this morning concluded its twenty-fourth session following three weeks of meetings at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.