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GA/SHC/3556

EFFECTIVE MONITORING OF HUMAN RIGHTS COMPLIANCE NEEDS COMMONLY AGREED PROCEDURES, SOCIAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD

Iran Urges Cooperation to Create Correct Mechanism; Plan for Abolition of Death Penalty Is Subject of Further Comment

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GA/L/3132

LEGAL COMMITTEE WOULD HAVE STATES SUBSCRIBE TO UNCITRAL REGIMES AND HELP EXPEDITE WORK OF WORLD COURT

Also Discusses Amending Administrative Tribunal Statute To Raise Standards for Judges and Ensure Their Independence

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GA/EF/2894

PLANS TO HELP WORLD’S POOREST NATIONS ‘LIKE THUNDER WITH LITTLE RAIN’, CHINA TELLS ASSEMBLY’S ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

Debate Begins on Situation of Least Developed Countries; Delegates Urge New Push Towards International Cooperation

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GA/EF/2893

BANGKOK TRADE, DEVELOPMENT FOLLOW-UP ROUND ‘DEFINING MOMENT’ IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION, COMMITTEE HEARS

Upcoming Seattle Ministerial-Level Meeting Of World Trade Orgaization Also Weighed by Representatives

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GA/DIS/3165

FIRST COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT ON ANTARCTICA CONCLUDES WORK FOR CURRENT SESSION

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GA/AB/3342

SECRETARIAT SHOULD SUBMIT NARRATIVE OF DETAILED PROPOSALS FOR USE OF DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT, SPEAKERS STRESS IN FIFTH COMMITTEE

Committee Concludes Part-By-Part Consideration of Proposed 2000-2001 Programme Budget

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GA/AB/3341

BETTER JUSTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR PROPOSED INCREASE IN RESOURCES FOR INTERNAL OVERSIGHT OFFICE, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

Committee Continues Consideration of Proposed 2000-2001 Programme Budget

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GA/9656

GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMEMORATES TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF CONVENTION ON RIGHTS OF CHILD

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DSG/SM/77
HR/4438

TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF CHILD RIGHTS CONVENTION ‘A WONDERFUL VICTORY’ SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL AT GENERAL ASSEMBLY CEREMONY

Following is the text of the statement by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the General Assembly, as it commemorated the tenth anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child at Headquarters on 11 November:

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SG/SM/7209/Rev.1*
UNU/192/Rev.1*

SECRETARY-GENERAL SALUTES JAPAN'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO MULTILATERALISM; URGES GREATER INVOLVEMENT IN PEACEKEEPING, REGIONAL INITIATIVES

Following is the text of an address, delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the United Nations University on 11 November, entitled, "Japan's World Role in the Twenty-first Century":