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WOM/1193

INSTRAW PUBLICATION, ‘AGEING IN A GENDERED WORLD: WOMEN’S ISSUES AND IDENTITIES’, TO BE LAUNCHED AT HEADQUARTERS ON 14 MARCH

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SG/A/725
PI/1229

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ANGELICA HUNT AS DIRECTOR OF UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION CENTRE IN BUENOS AIRES

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Angélica Hunt as the Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which also covers Uruguay. She is expected to take up her duties on 13 March.

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SG/A/724
IK/289

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS 16 COMMISSIONERS FOR UN MONITORING, VERIFICATION AND INSPECTION COMMISSION

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

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GA/SM/158
AFR/216

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT EXPRESSES DEEPEST SYMPATHY FOR TRAGIC LOSS OF LIFE AND EXTENSIVE MATERIAL DAMAGE CAUSED BY FLOODS IN MADAGASCAR

The following statement was issued today by Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia), President of the General Assembly:

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GA/SM/158
AFR/216

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT EXPRESSES DEEPEST SYMPATHY FOR TRAGIC LOSS OF LIFE AND EXTENSIVE MATERIAL DAMAGE CAUSED BY FLOODS IN MADAGASCAR

The following statement was issued today by Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia), President of the General Assembly:

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GA/PK/168

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS CONCLUDES SESSION

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GA/9701

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CALLS FOR URGENT RESPONSE TO MOZAMBIQUE DISASTER, FOLLOWING RECENT UNPRECEDENTED FLOODS IN THAT COUNTRY

The General Assembly this morning urged the international community, the United Nations system, international financial institutions and non-governmental organization to respond urgently and provide assistance to Mozambique's relief and rehabilitation efforts, following the recent devastating floods in that country.

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DCF/392

FOREIGN MINISTERS OF UKRAINE, NORWAY ADDRESS CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT

Conference Hears Statement from Annual International Women's Day Seminar

(Reissued as received.)

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SG/SM/7328

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED BY MADAGASCAR FLOODING, TRUSTS DONORS WILL RESPOND GENEROUSLY TO DISASTER

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

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SG/SM/7327
SC/6819

SECRETARY-GENERAL, CITING WIDE RANGE OF CRISES, TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL NEED FOR EFFECTIVE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE NEVER GREATER

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the meeting of the Security Council on humanitarian aspects of issues before the Council, delivered on 9 March: