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GA/9660

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON UNIVERSITY FOR PEACE; HEARS INTRODUCTION OF TEXTS RELATED TO SITUATION IN CENTRAL AMERICA

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AFG/110

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS DESTRUCTION OF UN PROPERTY IN AFGHANISTAN

The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 15 November:

The Secretary-General is distressed about the attacks against United Nations offices in Afghanistan. He condemns the destruction of United Nations property in several locations in Afghanistan on 14 and 15 November.

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SG/SM/7223

SECRETARY-GENERAL INVOKES ‘DIALOGUE AMONG CIVILIZATIONS’ AT BEIJING SEMINAR

Following are remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan delivered in Beijing today to scholars at the opening of the seminar “The United Nations in the Twenty-first Century”, sponsored by the United Nations Association of China:

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PI/1199

FOURTH WORLD TELEVISION FORUM TO DRAW 750 PARTICIPANTS FROM 80 COUNTRIES; WILL LOOK AT MEDIUM’S IMPACT ON PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT

Secretary-General to Share Panel With Prominent News Anchors

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GA/SPD/177

FOURTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF INFORMATION QUESTIONS

Speakers Address Role of Information in Peacekeeping, Building Information Infrastructure in Developing Countries

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GA/SM/127
L/2935

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT HAILS ACHIEVEMENTS OF LAW DECADE

Following is the text of an address by Theo-Ben Gurirab, President of the General Assembly, to the commemorative meeting marking the end of the United Nations Decade of International Law:

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GA/SHC/3564

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ASKED TO ARRANGE HIGH-LEVEL CONFERENCE NEXT YEAR FOR SIGNING OF CONVENTION AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME

Decision on Millennium Event among Various Actions Taken By Social Committee; Proposal on Death Penalty Shelved for Present Session

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GA/SHC/3563

REFUGEES, HUMANITARIAN PERSONNEL NOW AT GREATER RISK THAN A DECADE AGO, ASSEMBLY’S SOCIAL COMMITTEE TOLD

Red Cross Official Says Environment `More Volatile’; As Debate Ends, UNHCR Director Stresses Need for Stabilization, Post-Conflict Recovery

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GA/9659

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS TEXTS ON UNITED NATIONS DECADE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, CENTENNIAL OF 1899 INTERNATIONAL PEACE CONFERENCE

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GA/9658

GENERAL ASSEMBLY REVIEWS ACHIEVEMENTS OF DECADE ON INTERNATIONAL LAW; SPEAKERS URGE CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO DECADE’S OBJECTIVES