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GA/AB/3348

ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUDGETARY COMMITTEE TAKES UP FINANCING OF UNITED NATIONS INTERIM ADMINISTRATION IN KOSOVO

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GA/9677

ASSEMBLY URGES ENRICHMENT OF UNITED NATIONS ‘INTERNET’ PRESENCE, FULL USE OF EMERGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

Texts from Fourth Committee Also Adopted on Issues of Outer Space, Declaration on Decolonization, Situation of Palestine Refugees

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GA/9676

ASSEMBLY CALLS FOR AGREEMENT ON RELATIONSHIP WITH CTBT PREPARATORY COMMISSION ALSO MANDATES APPOINTMENT OF MULTILINGUALISM COORDINATOR FOR SECRETARIAT

The General Assembly this morning called for an agreement to be drafted to regulate the relationship between the United Nations and the Preparatory Commission for the organization that will eventually monitor the implementation of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT).

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SG/SM/7246

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AWARE OF HONDURAS-NICARAGUA TENSIONS, CALLS FOR PEACEFUL RESOLUTION TO CONTROVERSY

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

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SC/6767

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS OIL-FOR-FOOD PROGRAMME FOR IRAQ BY ONE WEEK, PENDING FURTHER CONSIDERATION

Resolution 1280 (1999) Adopted by 11-0-3; France, Not Voting, Says Text Not Practicable, Being Used to Apply Pressure

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HR/4445

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES SESSION

Issues Observations on Bulgaria, Argentina, Armenia, Cameroon and Mexico; Issues General Comment on Right to Education, Statement to World Trade Organization

(Reissued as received.)

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GA/SM/135

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT MARKS OBSERVANCE OF DAY OF DISABLED PERSONS WITH CALL FOR SOCIETY ‘ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL’

This is the text of a message delivered today by the President of the General Assembly, Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia), on the occasion of the observance of the International Day of Disabled Persons:

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GA/EF/2902

SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES SIX DRAFT TEXTS ON DEVELOPMENT

Issues Include Environment and Sustainable Development, Habitat II, Sustainable Development and International Economic Cooperation

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GA/AB/3347

INDISPENSABLE THAT GUATEMALA VERIFICATION MISSION BE PROVIDED WITH NECESSARY RESOURCES, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

Committee Takes up Budget Implications of Texts on MINUGUA, International Law Commission, Central America and Small Arms

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UNEP/54

ELEMENTS OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE WTO AND UNEP

The following text was issued by the World Trade Organization (WTO) as a press release on the eve of the third WTO ministerial meeting: