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BIO/3248
GA/SHC/3515

VLADIMIR GALUSKA OF CZECH REPUBLIC ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THIRD COMMITTEE

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BIO/3247
GA/EF/2856

ROBLE OLHAYE OF DJIBOUTI ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF SECOND COMMITTEE

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BIO/3246
GA/DIS/3137

RAIMUNDO GONZALEZ OF CHILE ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF FIRST COMMITTEE

Raimundo Gonzalez, who was this afternoon elected Chairman of the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) for the General Assembly's fifty-fourth session, is Director of Special Political Affairs (Disarmament and International Security) in Chile's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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BIO/3245
GA/9592

THEO-BEN GURIRAB OF NAMIBIA ELECTED PRESIDENT OF FIFTY-FOURTH SESSION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SG/SM/7130

‘PEACE IS IN OUR HANDS’ SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT HEADQUARTERS PEACE BELL CEREMONY

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon ringing the Peace Bell at a Headquarters ceremony on 14 September:

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SG/SM/7129

DEBATE ON WORLD’S AGENDA CONTAINS PRACTICALITIES AND ELEMENT OF PRAYER SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN REMARKS TO ANNUAL PRAYER SERVICE

Following are the remarks made by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Church of the Holy Family in New York on 13 September:

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SG/SM/7128

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES INDONESIA’S ACCEPTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE IN EAST TIMOR

The following statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan was issued by his Spokesman on 12 September:

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SG/A/702
ICEF/1844

SECRETARY-GENERAL REAPPOINTS CAROL BELLAMY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN’S FUND

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

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today reappointed Carol Bellamy, the Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), to a second five-year term as head of the agency.

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SC/6726

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1263 (1999), SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MINURSO MANDATE UNTIL 14 DECEMBER

The Security Council this morning extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) for a further three months until 14 December.

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HR/4431

STATES PARTIES TO CONVENANT ON CIVIL, POLITICAL RIGHTS ELECT LOUIS HENKIN OF UNITED STATES TO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE