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DC/2659

SMALL ARMS DESTROYED AT PUBLIC CEREMONY IN ALBANIA OF UNITED NATIONS ‘WEAPONS FOR DEVELOPMENT’ PILOT PROJECT

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SG/SM/7138

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY, INTEGRITY, MOBILITY AND REAL SENSE OF POSSIBILITY IN UN STAFF AND MANAGEMENT

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address on the occasion of Staff Day 1999, which was delivered in New York on 17 September:

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SG/SM/7137
AFR/172

SECRETARY-GENERAL FOLLOWING WITH CONCERN MOUNTING BETWEEN GUINEA AND LIBERIA

The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

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SG/SM/7136
GA/9596

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRESENTS HIS ANNUAL REPORT TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Following is the text as delivered of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address today, presenting his annual report to the opening meeting of the United Nations General Assembly:

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POP/738

WORLD FACES CRITICAL CHOICES AS POPULATION PASSES 6 BILLION, UNITED NATIONS REPORTS

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ICJ/587

ICJ FIXES TIME-LIMITS FOR FILING OF WRITTEN PLEADINGS IN CASE OF CROATIA V. YUGOSLAVIA

(Reissued as received.)

THE HAGUE, 16 September (ICJ) -- The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has fixed time-limits for the filing of written pleadings in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Croatia v. Yugoslavia).

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GA/SM/99

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST ACHIEVE VICTORY IN WAR AGAINST POVERTY

Following is the text of a statement by General Assembly President Theo- Ben Gurirab (Namibia) delivered on 19 September at the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine in New York:

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GA/9597

MECHANISMS UNDERPINNING GLOBAL ECONOMY SHOULD BE RETHOUGHT TO ENSURE RAPID ECONOMIC GROWTH OF LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, ASSEMBLY TOLD

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GA/9595

IMPLICATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE TO EVENTS IN RWANDA, KOSOVO EXAMINED BY SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ADDRESS TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Assembly Opens General Debate, Hearing from 4 Heads of State; President of Algeria Stresses Africa's Concerns on Sovereignty

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NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS MEDIA ARRANGEMENTS FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION

ON SMALL ISLANDS

The special session of the General Assembly for the review and appraisal of the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States will be held at United Nations Headquarters in New York on 27-28 September 1999.