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SG/SM/7263
16 December 1999


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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

19991216

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:

GA/SM/143
16 December 1999


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GA/SM/143


ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT OPENS DEBATE ON SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM

19991216

This is the text of a statement by the President of the General Assembly, Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia), in the plenary debate on Security Council membership and related matters, delivered on 16 December:

GA/9689
16 December 1999


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GA/9689


GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM

19991216

Speakers Address Veto Privilege and Expansion of Council Membership

If the permanent members of the Security Council agreed to limit the scope of their privileges, they would be giving a tangible sign of their political will to reform the Council and of their desire to adapt it to present realities, the General Assembly was told this afternoon.

GA/9688
16 December 1999


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GA/9688


ASSEMBLY ADOPTS TEXT ON BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; TAKES UP SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM

19991216

The General Assembly this morning demanded that all parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina facilitate the full implementation of all aspects of the New York Declaration, adopted on 15 November -- in particular, the Principles on the Establishment of a State Border Service -- in a timely manner.