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IAEA/1341

ATOMIC ENERGY INSPECTORS CONCLUDE NUCLEAR MATERIALS INSPECTION IN IRAQ

26 January 2000


Press Release
IAEA/1341


ATOMIC ENERGY INSPECTORS CONCLUDE NUCLEAR MATERIALS INSPECTION IN IRAQ

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GENEVA, 26 January (IAEA) –- A physical inventory verification of nuclear material remaining at the Tuwaitha site in Iraq was carried out by a five-person International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team between 22 and 25 January, pursuant to the Safeguards Agreement with Iraq in connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).

ECO/15

BUSINESS CALLS FOR STRENGTHENED UNITED NATIONS

26 January 2000


Press Release
ECO/15
PI/1219


BUSINESS CALLS FOR STRENGTHENED UNITED NATIONS

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The international business community is urging governments to support the effectiveness, authority and resource base of the United Nations, while the world body continues its streamlining institutional reform, in a statement presented today to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

NGO/331

COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS LEAVES PENDING DECISIONS ON SPECIAL REPORT, CONSULTATIVE STATUS, RECLASSIFICATION

25 January 2000


Press Release
NGO/331


COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS LEAVES PENDING DECISIONS ON SPECIAL REPORT, CONSULTATIVE STATUS, RECLASSIFICATION

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The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations this afternoon decided to keep three decisions pending until it received further information, and then adjourned early due to the inclement weather.