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SG/A/707
PI/1191

MARIA COSTA PINTO APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION CENTRE IN LISBON

The Secretary-General has appointed Maria Costa Pinto as Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Lisbon effective 1 November.

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SC/6745

SECURITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHES UN TRANSITIONAL ADMINISTRATION IN EAST TIMOR FOR INITIAL PERIOD UNTIL 31 JANUARY 2001

Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1272 (1999), Council Authorizes Strength of 1,600 Police, 9,000 Military Troops

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SAG/63

UNITED KINGDOM TO FUND $34 MILLION FISHERIES PROJECT TO BENEFIT POOR PEOPLE IN AFRICA

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REC/81

AFRICA NEEDS NEW PARADIGM FOR DEVELOPMENT IN TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, HEARS AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FORUM

ADDIS ABABA, 24 October (ECA) -- Speakers at the opening of the first African Development Forum have emphasized the need for a new paradigm for the continent’s development based on a vibrant domestic private sector, a strong State, cutting-edge policy analysis, and good governance.

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ICJ/590

INTERNATIONAL COURT AUTHORIZES EQUATORIAL GUINEA TO INTERVENE IN CASE OF LAND AND MARITIME BOUNDARY BETWEEN CAMEROON AND NIGERIA

(Reissued as received.)

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GA/SPD/168

PARTNERSHIPS WITH PRIVATE SECTOR, COOPERATION IN DISASTER PREVENTION AMONG THEMES OF FOURTH COMMITTEE’S OUTER SPACE DEBATE

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GA/SM/115

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION IDEALLY PLACED TO PLAY IMPORTANT ROLE IN SEARCH FOR SOLUTION TO WORLD PROBLEMS

Following is the statement made today by Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia), President of the General Assembly, to the meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union:

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GA/SM/114

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, AT TRIBUTE HONOURING JULIUS NYERERE, PRAISES HIM AS LIBERATOR, THINKER, TEACHER AND MENTOR

Following is the statement of the President of the General Assembly, Theo Ben-Gurirab (Namibia) at a tribute honouring the founder and first President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Julius K. Nyerere, who died on 14 October, delivered in New York on 25 October:

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GA/SM/113

‘THIS UNIVERSAL ORGANIZATION’ THE PRIDE OF ALL HUMANKIND SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT AT UN DAY CONCERT

Following is the statement of the President of the General Assembly, Theo Ben-Gurirab (Namibia), delivered at the United Nations Day Concert in New York on 22 October:

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GA/SHC/3536

SELF-DETERMINATION MAIN THEME AT THIRD COMMITTEE MEETING, INTOLERANCE AND XENOPHOBIA ALSO CITED