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BIO/3264/Rev.1

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Sergio Vento, the new Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Prior to his appointment, he served as his country's Ambassador to France from November 1995.

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BIO/3264

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Sergio Vento, the new Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Prior to his appointment, he served as his country’s Ambassador to France from November 1995.

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BIO/3263

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF KAZAKHSTAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from Protocol and Liaison Service)

Madina B. Jarbussynova, the new Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the United Nations, presented her credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan today.

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UNU/193

UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY TO HOST MILLENNIUM CONFERENCE

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SG/SM/7267

UNITED NATIONS WELCOMES FRANCE’S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT DESTRUCTION OF ANTI-PERSONNEL MINE STOCKPILES HAS BEEN COMPLETED

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

The United Nations welcomes the announcement by the Government of France that it has completed the destruction of its stockpiles of anti-personnel mines, in compliance with the Ottawa Convention.

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GA/AB/3355

FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXTS ON UNITED NATIONS MISSIONS IN SIERRA LEONE, UNTAET, SUPPORT ACCOUNT, RATE OF ASSESSMENT FOR KIRIBATI, NAURU AND TONGA

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SG/SM/7266

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED TO LEARN OF LOSS OF LIFE AND DEVASTATION CAUSED BY FLOODS IN VENEZUELA

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

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SG/SM/7265

SECRETARY-GENERAL PROFOUNDLY SHOCKED TO LEARN ABOUT INDISCRIMINATE TERRORIST ACT AGAINST PRESIDENT OF SRI LANKA

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

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SG/SM/7264
OBV/129

SECRETARY-GENERAL DESCRIBES BIODIVERSITY CONVENTION PROGRESS, THREATS TO ECOSYSTEMS, IN BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY DAY MESSAGE

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day for Biological Diversity, which is observed 29 December:

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GA/SM/144

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT EXTENDS DEEPEST CONDOLENCES FOR VENEZUELAN DISASTER, URGES PROMPT, GENEROUS RESPONSE FROM INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

Following is the statement made today by the President of the General Assembly, Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia), on the floods and mudslides in Venezuela: