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NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS MEDIA ARRANGEMENTS FOR TWENTY-THIRD SPECIAL SESSION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY

'Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace for Twenty-First Century'

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SG/SM/7402

GREATEST PRAYER OF HUMANKIND ASKS NOT FOR VICTORY, BUT FOR PEACE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT INAUGURATION OF PEACE GARDEN

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the inauguration of the Cancer Society Peace Garden in New York on 17 May:

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SG/SM/7401

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RESUMPTION OF CYPRUS PROXIMITY TALKS

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

I am pleased to announce that the proximity talks on Cyprus between Glafkos Clerides and Rauf Denktash will resume in Geneva on 5 July. They will be opened by the Secretary-General.

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SG/2063
L/T/4345

SECRETARY-GENERAL TO ENCOURAGE UNIVERSAL PARTICIPATION IN MULTILATERAL TREATY FRAMEWORK DURING FORTHCOMING MILLENNIUM SUMMIT

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SC/6863

COUNCIL CALLS ON STATES TO PREVENT SALE, DELIVERY OF ARMS TO ETHIOPIA, ERITREA; DEMANDS IMMEDIATE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES

Members Ask OAU to Seek Resumption of Peace Talks, Set Provisional 12-Month Limit on Arms Suspension Measures

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SC/6862

NO MILITARY SOLUTION TO CONFLICT IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

Reporting on Council Mission to Region, Holbrooke Says ‘Lusaka Peace Agreement Is Only Way Forward’

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PI/1251
SOC/4547

EMPLOYMENT ISSUES TO DOMINATE NEW ROUND OF TALKS FOR REVIEW OF 1995 SOCIAL SUMMIT

A debate over strategies to create jobs, reduce unemployment and promote workers’ rights will dominate the resumed negotiations that get under way today in preparation for the United Nations General Assembly special session on the follow- up to the 1995 World Summit for Social Development.

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NGO/343

STRENGTHENING SECRETARIAT NGO SECTION AMONG PROPOSALS AIRED, AS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES REVIEW OF WORK METHODS

As the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations concluded consideration of its methods of work this afternoon, it addressed the questions of deferrals of non- governmental organization (NGO) cases; monitoring the consultative relationship; quadrennial reports by NGOs, and strengthening the NGO Section of the Secretariat.

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NGO/342

COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS CONTINUES REVIEW OF WORKING METHODS

As the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) continued to review its working methods this morning, most speakers agreed that it was important to emphasize electronic means of communication with NGOs, taking into account the development of modern technology.

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GA/AB/3372

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES DEBATE ON PEACEKEEPING SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS, AS FOUR STATES ANNOUNCE VOLUNTARY INCREASE IN SHARE OF COSTS

Four Member States -- Estonia, Hungary, Israel and the Philippines -- announced they would voluntarily increase their financial responsibility for peacekeeping missions, at a meeting of the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this morning. A fifth, Cyprus, made a similar announcement yesterday.