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GA/SM/129
18 November 1999


Press Release
GA/SM/129
REF/1165


ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT URGES SUPPORT FOR ACTIVITIES OF UNHCR

19991118

Statement to Contributions Meeting Notes Special Problem Of Refugee Situations Which Do Not Command Media Attention

GA/SM/128
18 November 1999


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GA/SM/128
PI/1202


GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, IN STATEMENT TO WORLD TELEVISION FORUM, SAYS TELEVISION'S POTENTIAL MUST BE HARNESSED FOR BENEFIT OF ALL

19991118

Following is the statement of the President of the General Assembly, Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia), to the fourth United Nations World Television Forum at Headquarters on 18 November:

GA/L/3138
18 November 1999


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GA/L/3138


LEGAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS NEW ANTI-TERRORISM CONVENTION MAKING IT A CRIME TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR TERRORIST ACTS

19991118

Member States would be urged by the General Assembly to sign and ratify an international convention designed to cut off the sources of funding for terrorist activities, according to a draft resolution approved without a vote this morning by the Sixth Committee (Legal).

GA/9662
18 November 1999


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GA/9662


SPEAKERS STRESS FINANCIAL CHALLENGE POSED BY LANDMINES AS ASSEMBLY TAKES UP REPORT OF SECRETARY-GENERAL ON ASSISTANCE IN MINE ACTION

19991118

As the General Assembly met this afternoon to consider the report of the Secretary-General on assistance in mine action, a number of speakers stressed the financial challenge posed by the number of landmines on the world’s surface.

GA/9661
18 November 1999


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GA/9661
REF/1164


INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY PLEDGES $195 MILLION FOR UNHCR 2000 NEEDS, PROJECTED AT $933 MILLION

19991118

Assembly President Says Developing Countries, Hosts to Large Refugee Communities, Pay Heavy, Unacknowledged Price

Some $195 million was pledged to support the work of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) this morning, at the UNHCR annual pledging conference.