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GA/SM/102
28 September 1999


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GA/SM/102


GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT REJECTS IDEAS ON 'CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS' HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION, IN REMARKS TO SOUTH-EAST ASIAN STATES

19990928

Following is the text of remarks made by the President of the fifty-fourth General Assembly, Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia), to the reception hosted in his honour by the Chairman of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in New York on 28 September:

SG/SM/7149
27 September 1999


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SG/SM/7149
ENV/DEV/521


SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES NEED STRONGER PARTNERSHIP, EVEN MORE HELP, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SPECIAL ASSEMBLY SESSION

19990927

Following is the text of the address today of the Secretary-General to the special session of the General Assembly on the sustainable development of small island developing States:

PKO/82
27 September 1999


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PKO/82


MONGOLIA JOINS STANDBY ARRANGEMENTS FOR PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

19990927

Mongolia today became the twenty-eighth country to sign a memorandum of understanding on the standby arrangements for the United Nations peacekeeping operations.

IK/280
27 September 1999


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IK/280


UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION GOVERNING COUNCIL TO HOLD THIRTY-THIRD SESSION FROM 28 - 30 SEPTEMBER

19990927

GENEVA, 27 September (UN Information Service) -- The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its thirty-third session from 28 to 30 September under the Presidency of Ambassador Hans J. Heinemann (Netherlands).