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PAL/1870

DONORS AND HOST GOVERNMENTS REITERATE SUPPORT FOR UNRWA; ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF JUST OVER $7 MILLION ANNOUNCED

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ORG/1290

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN OCTOBER

The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in October, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month:

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IK/281

GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION APPROVES AWARDS OF $234 MILLION

GENEVA, 30 September (UN Information Service) -- The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission concluded its thirty-third session today under the Presidency of Hans J. Heinemann (Netherlands). Representatives of Kuwait and Iraq addressed the 15-member Governing Council at its opening plenary meeting.

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GA/9618

SPEAKERS ADDRESS QUESTION OF SANCTIONS IN ASSEMBLY'S GENERAL DEBATE

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GA/9617

SYRIA WARNS AGAINST SENDING PEACE NEGOTIATIONS ‘BACK TO SQUARE ONE’; REPUBLIC OF KOREA URGES REUNIFICATION OF KOREAN PENINSULA

Syria's Foreign Minister, Farouk Al-Shara, told the General Assembly this morning that the Israeli Foreign Minister had carried the flag of the culture of peace in his statement yesterday, while fully ignoring the fact that the Israeli occupation was the main reason for the absence of peace.

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GA/9614/
ENV/DEV/524/

SPECIAL ASSEMBLY SESSION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF 1994 BARBADOS PROGRAMME OF ACTION CONCLUDES; FINAL DOCUMENTS ADOPTED

CORRECTION

In Press Release GA/9614-ENV/DEV/524 issued on 28 September, in the fourth paragraph on page 5, the speaker should read:

` ABDUS SAMAD AZAD, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh.

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SG/T/2201

ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN WASHINGTON, 25 SEPTEMBER 1999

The Secretary-General departed New York for Washington on the afternoon of Saturday, 25 September.

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SG/SM/7154

GLOBALIZAITON REVOLUTION HAS NOT BENEFITTED LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO MINISTERIAL MEETING AT HEADQUARTERS

Following is the text of the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the ninth annual Ministerial Meeting of the Least Developed Countries in New York on 29 September:

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SG/SM/7153
AFR/177

SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS POSITIVE CHANGES IN AFRICA

Calls for Greater Support to Nations Making Good-Faith Efforts Urges Fairness, Consistency in Peacekeeping, Humanitarian Operations

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the Security Council's ministerial meeting on Africa:

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SC/6734

COUNCIL MEETS TO REVIEW IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS IN SECRETARY-GENERAL’S 1998 REPORT ON AFRICA

Meeting to Resume Tomorrow

"Africa fatigue" was an affront to the very idea of a responsible international community, Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the Security Council as it convened an open meeting this morning on the situation in Africa.