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HR/CT/560

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE HEARS FROM SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL ADVISOR ON GENDER ISSUES AND ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN

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GA/COL/3025

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION APPROVES REVISED PROGRAMME OF WORK

The Special Committee on the Situation with Regard to the Implementation of the Declaration of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, in a brief meeting this morning, approved the text of the revised programme of work and timetable of its substantive session, which is to take place in July.

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GA/AB/3362

FIFTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ASSEMBLY APPROVE CLOSE TO $6.2 MILLION FOR POLITICAL MISSIONS IN GUINEA-BISSAU AND CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this morning recommended the Assembly approve requirements of close to $6.2 million for political missions in Guinea-Bissau and the Central African Republic against the provision for special political missions in the programme budget for 2000-2001.

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DEV/2236

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR HIGH-LEVEL INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL EVENT ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES ORGANIZATIONAL SESSION

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SOC/NAR/815

UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMME TEAMS UP WITH NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION AND SACRAMENTO KINGS STAR VLADE DIVAC

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SG/SM/7339
PKO/87

ADDRESSING SHIRBRIG MEETING, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST REMAIN VIGILANT AND MAINTAIN PREPAREDNESS

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address, “Peacekeeping in the Twenty-first Century”, to the Standby High Readiness Brigade Ministerial Meeting, which was held at Rockefeller Center in New York this morning:

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SEA/1666

SEABED COUNCIL TO HOLD FURTHER TALKS ON CONTENTIOUS ISSUES RELATING TO MINERAL EXPLORATION CODE

(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)

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SEA/1665

SEABED COUNCIL TAKES UP SAFEGUARDS FOR CONFIDENTIAL DATA

(Received from International Seabed Authority.)

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SAG/73

UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATON SAYS $13 MILLION URGENTLY NEEDED TO HELP MOZAMBIQUE’S FARMERS REBUILD HOMES, START PLANTING

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POP/760

POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION CONTINUES REVIEW OF CAIRO GOALS; SPEAKERS HIGHLIGHT GLOBALIZATION’S IMPACT, IMPROVED EDUCATION