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SC/6785

SECURITY COUNCIL HOLDS OPEN BRIEFING ON SITUATION IN ANGOLA

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SC/6784

CONFLICTS IN KOSOVO, SIERRA LEONE AND ANGOLA, QUESTION OF EAST TIMOR KEY ELEMENTS OF SECURITY COUNCIL’S WORK FOR 1999

Thematic Debates Held on Children and Armed Conflict, Situation of Africa and Post-Conflict Peace-Building

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RD/896

STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTION ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION ELECT NINE MEMBERS TO MONITORING COMMITTEE

The States parties to the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination at their thirty-seventh meeting this morning elected nine members of to the committee charged with monitoring implementation of the Convention.

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ORG/1296

MEMBERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL UNITED NATIONS ORGANS IN 2000 GENERAL ASSEMBLY

The General Assembly is composed of all 188 United Nations Member States. The States, and the dates on which they became Members, are listed in Press Release ORG/1289 issued 15 September 1999.

SECURITY COUNCIL

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NGO/321

NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THREE ORGANIZATIONS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

This afternoon the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations continued to review groups’ applications for consultative status in the Economic and Social Council, and also considered requests for reclassification by those groups that already had been granted consultative status.

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GA/SM/148

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT ASKS REGIONAL GROUPS TO NAME BUREAU MEMBERS FOR PREPARATORY COMMITTEE OF FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE

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DCF/384

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT OPENS YEAR 2000 SESSION

In Message to Conference, Secretary-General Deplores Lack of Progress on Disarmament and Security Issues

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 18 January (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament this morning opened its year 2000 session by adopting its agenda.

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WOM/1154

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN OPENS TWENTY-SECOND SESSION

Hears Statement by Special Adviser on Gender Issues

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WOM/1153

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN MEETS AT HEADQUARTERS, 17 JANUARY – 4 FEBRUARY

The twenty-second session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women takes place at United Nations Headquarters beginning today and running until 4 February.

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SG/SM/7278

RESTORATION OF TWO CULTURAL SITES ON CYPRUS TO BE UNDERTAKEN BY UNDP IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UNITED STATES

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