Experts to Examine Reports of Venezuela, Russian Federation, Vanuatu, Mexico, Mali and Netherlands
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Staff "the Lifeblood of the United Nations", President Says
Following is the address of General Assembly President Theo-Ben Gurirab to the Secretariat, today, Staff Day:
The General Assembly this afternoon adopted an agenda of 170 items for its fifty-fourth session.
Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annans statement to the Security Council today on the subject of the protection of civilians in armed conflict:
The United Nations must be ready to take action to protect civilians and to respond with more than speeches and reports, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said this morning as he opened a Security Council debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict.
Following is the text of the statement by the President of the General Assembly, Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia), on the occasion of the inauguration of the newly renovated Economic and Social Council Chamber:
The renovated Chamber of the 54-member Economic and Social Council was opened today with a statement by its President that the Council stood ready to discharge further its responsibilities in the area of post-conflict peace building.
NAIROBI, 15 September (UNEP) - Today, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) launches its Global Environment Outlook 2000 (GEO-2000) report -- the most authoritative assessment ever of the environmental crisis facing humanity in the new millennium.
Following is the address of the Secretary-General Kofi Annan entitled "The Meaning of International Community, as delivered to the fifty-second DPI/NGO Conference in New York on 15 September:
