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HAB/163
UNEP/67

NATO CONFIRMS TO UNITED NATIONS USE OF DEPLETED URANIUM DURING KOSOVO CONFLICT

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UNEP/66

VIENNA CONVENTION PROTECTING OZONE LAYER LAUDED 15 YEARS AFTER SIGNATURE

NAIROBI, 21 March (UNEP) -- Tomorrow, 22 March, marks the fifteenth anniversary of the adoption of the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer. With the adoption of that Convention, the foundation was laid for concerted international efforts to protect the ozone layer.

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UNEP/65

UN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CALLS ON CITIES TO ADOPT INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

(Delayed in transmission.)

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SG/SM/7335

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES OUTRAGE OVER REPORTED MASSACRE ON INDIAN SIDE OF LINE OF CONTROL IN KASHMIR

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

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SG/SM/7334
ENV/DEV/534

UN COMMITTED TO ENSURING WORLD WATER SECURITY AND ‘BLUE REVOLUTION’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO WORLD WATER FORUM

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Water Forum in The Hague, to be delivered on his behalf by the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Klaus Toepfer, on 22 March:

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SEA/1658

SEABED COUNCIL, OPENING SIXTH SESSION, ADOPTS AGENDA RESUMES WORK ON MINING CODE

(Received from International Seabed Authority.)

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SC/6828

COUNCIL WELCOMES DECISIVE PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTATION OF GENERAL AGREEMENT ON PEACE AND NATIONAL ACCORD IN TAJIKISTAN

Presidential Statement Supports Intention Of Secretary-General to Withdraw UNMOT When Mandate Expires on 15 May

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SC/6827

SECURITY COUNCIL HOLDS OPEN BRIEFING ON SITUATION IN TAJIKISTAN

Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Briefs Council on Anticipated Withdrawal of UNMOT

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SC/6826

SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFED ON SITUATION IN EAST TIMOR BY ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEKEEPING

The "social peace" of East Timor had been threatened by the prevailing economic and social conditions in that country, Hédi Annabi, the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, told the Security Council in an open briefing this morning on the situation in East Timor.

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POP/756*

EGYPTIAN HEALTH MINISTER, MEXICAN FAMILY PLANNING FOUNDATION WIN 2000 UNITED NATIONS POPULATION AWARD

NEW YORK, 20 March (UNFPA) -- Ismail Awadallah Sallam, the Minister of Health and Population of Egypt, and a Mexican Family Planning organization, Fundaci(n Mexicana para la Planificaci(n Familiar (MEXFAM), will share the 2000 United Nations Population Award.