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SG/SM/7132

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES EFFORTS TO ADVANCE UN CAUSE IN UNITED STATES IN REMARKS TO ANNUAL UN AMBASSADORS DINNER

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the United Nations Ambassadors Dinner hosted by the United Nations Association of the United States (UNA-USA) and the Business Council for the United Nations (BCUN)in New York on 14 September:

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SG/SM/7131

SECRETARY-GENERAL ALARMED AT DETERIORATING HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA

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

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SAG/56

GRAVE HUMANITARIAN AND FOOD CRISIS DEVELOPING IN EAST TIMOR, FAO WARNS

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HR/4432

ACTION TO ASSIST WAR-AFFECTED CHILDREN IN SIERRA LEONE PROPOSED BY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT

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HAB/158
UNEP/46

UNEP-LED ASSESSMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE BALKANS CONFLICT CONCLUDES WORK IN YUGOSLAVIA

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GA/SM/94

‘MY MIND, HEART, DEVOTION’ ALWAYS CLOSE TO UN CHARTER AND ITS IDEALS, SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT IN OPENING ADDRESS

Following is the opening statement of the President of the fifty- fourth session of the General Assembly, Theo-Benn Gurirab (Namibia):

Fifty-fourth General Assembly                                    

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DSG/SM/66

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES JOURNALISTS AT ANNUAL LUNCHEON, URGES CONTINUED SPOTLIGHT ON PERSECUTION AND SUFFERING

Following are remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Frechette delivered today at the Dag Hammarskjold Luncheon at United Nations Headquarters:

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BIO/3251
GA/L/3104

PHAKISO MOCHOCHOKO OF LESOTHO ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF SIXTH COMMITTEE

Phakiso Mochochoko, who was elected Chairman of the Sixth Committee (Legal) of the fifty-fourth session of the General Assembly this afternoon, is the Senior Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Lesotho.

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BIO/3250
GA/AB/3306

PENNY WENSLEY OF AUSTRALIA ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF FIFTH COMMITTEE

Penny Wensley, who was elected Chairman of the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today, has been Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations at New York Headquarters since September 1997.