UNEP Calls for Integrated Approach to Trade and Environment Policy-Making at WTO Seattle Conference
The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan on 24 November:
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* Revised to include text translated from the French.
Resolution 1276 (1999) Adopted Unanimously
Committee Approves Text on Coercive Measures Against Developing Countries; Eight Further Drafts Approved Without Vote
Ancient Greek Tradition of Ekecheiria is Invoked Again; Text On Zone of Peace and Cooperation of the South Atlantic also Adopted
Other Texts Approved on Fish Stocks Preservation, Sustainable Development, Debate Begins on Building Better, Peaceful World Through Sport and Olympic Ideal
The General Committee this morning recommended that the General Assembly include an item on international recognition of the Day of Vesak - the day in the year most sacred to Buddhists -- in the agenda of its fifty-fourth session and that the item be considered directly in plenary.
Following is the text of an address delivered this evening by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette upon receiving an honorary degree at the University of Toronto:
