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DC/2673

SIGNATORIES URGED TO TAKE CONCRETE STEPS TO ADVANCE IMPLEMENTATION OF WEST AFRICA LIGHT WEAPONS MORATORIUM

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DC/2672

DISARMAMENT COMMISSION FAILS TO AGREE TO SUBSTANTIVE ITEMS FOR INCLUSION IN PROVISIONAL AGENDA OF NEXT SESSION

Organizational Meeting Also Unable to Decide on Dates, Election of Bureau Members: Further Effort to be Made, After Consultations, Early in 2000

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BIO/3261

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MARSHALL ISLANDS PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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

Jackeo A. Relang, the new Permanent Representative of the Marshall Islands to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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BIO/3260

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ISRAEL PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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

Yehuda Lancry, the new Permanent Representative of Israel, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan this afternoon.

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BIO/3259

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PANAMA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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

Ramon A. Morales, the new Permanent Representative of Panama to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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BIO/3258

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF KYRGYZSTAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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

Elmira S. Ibraimova, the new Permanent Representative of Kyrgyzstan to the United Nations, today presented her credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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SG/SM/7245

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES UNITED STATES TO REJECT ISOLATIONISM, RECOGNIZE ITS INTERESTS OFTEN MATCH THOSE OF UNITED NATIONS

Seattle Speech Lauds Historic American Leadership, Instinctive Humanitarianism; Notes Demonstrated Public Support for World Body

This is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan yesterday (30 November) at an event sponsored by the Rotary Club of Seattle, Washington:

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SG/SM/7244
AFR/194

SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES PRESTIGE AND AUTHORITY OF NELSON MANDELA WILL LEAD TO REINVIGORATION OF BURUNDI PEACE PROCESS

Designation as Mediator, After Death of Julius Nyerere, Is Welcomed; Urgent Need for Negotiated Settlement Stressed

This is the text of a statement today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

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PI/1205

WORLD AIDS DAY OBSERVANCE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS; FOCUS ON CHILDREN ORPHANED BY AIDS

Speakers Include General Assembly President, Deputy Secretary-General, United States First Lady, UNAIDS Executive Director

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PI/1204
ECO/13

UN SOCIAL SUMMIT REVIEW CAN PROVIDE ALTERNATIVES TO NEW FORMS OF PROTECTIONISM