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GA/9693

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM

As the General Assembly concluded its consideration of the reform of the Security Council this afternoon, a number of speakers emphasized that despite six years having elapsed since its establishment, the high-level working group on the question of the equitable representation on an increase in the membership of the Security Council had achieved very little.

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GA/9692

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUES DEBATE ON SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM WITH FOCUS ON CHANGING VETO, PERMANENT MEMBERSHIP

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SC/6775

SECURITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHES NEW MONITORING COMMISSION FOR IRAQ ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1284 (1999) BY VOTE OF 11-0-4

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PI/1213

NEW UNITED NATIONS LIBRARY OPENS IN HAVANA

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L/2939

CRIMINAL COURT'S PREPARATORY COMMISSION WINDS UP SESSION WITH GENERAL AGREEMENT ON KEY TEXTS

First Reading of ‘Elements of Crime’ and ‘Rules of Procedure’ Completed

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GA/AB/3354

FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXTS ON BUDGETS FOR FORMER YUGOSLAV AND RWANDA TRIBUNALS

Committee Also Approves Drafts on United Nations Common System and Human Resources Management

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GA/9691

ASSEMBLY HAILS ONSET OF EAST TIMOR'S TRANSITION TO INDEPENDENCE; CREATES NEW HAITI MISSION, CALLS ON AFGHAN PARTIES FOR DIALOGUE

Other Actions Aimed at Increasing Security of Humanitarian Personnel, Demining Cooperation, Return of Cultural Property; Observer Status Granted to IUCN

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GA/9690

ASSEMBLY ENDORSES INITIATIVES ON TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME, GENDER EQUALITY, ACTION AGAINST RACISM

Action on Third Committee Texts Also Covers Social Development, Drug Control, Refugees, Women’s Issues, Human Rights Violations

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SG/SM/7263
AFR/196

KOFI ANNAN EMPHASIZES COMMITMENT TO ENABLING UN NEVER AGAIN TO FAIL IN PROTECTING CIVILIAN POPULATION FROM GENOCIDE OR MASS SLAUGHTER

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement on receiving the report of the independent inquiry into the actions of the United Nations during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda:

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SC/6774

SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFED ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEKEEPING