The Department of Public Information launched a new Web site on decolonization today. Entitled The United Nations and Decolonization, the site explains one of the success stories of the United Nations.
Following is the text of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchettes statement to open the first meeting of the 2000 substantive session of the Special Committee on the Situation with Regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples:
Following is the text of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Frechettes statement to open the first meeting of the 2000 substantive session of the Special Committee on the Situation with Regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples:
(Received from a UN Information Officer.)
BANGKOK, 17 February -- The Tenth United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD X) heard statements this afternoon from representatives of several non-governmental organizations, as it moved today towards the conclusion of its general debate.
UNCTAD X Continues General Debate in Bangkok
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Also Approves Text on Special Rapporteur on Disability; Establishes Working Group to Revise International Plan of Action on Ageing
Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the people of East Timor, delivered in Dili on 17 February:
Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the people of East Timor, delivered in Dili on 17 February:
I am honoured to be here with you. Your strength and your dignity have inspired the world.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:
