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Press Release


1 July 1999


Press Release


NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS SOUTH AFRICA TO OCCUPY FIRST SEAT ON GENERAL ASSEMBLY HALL AT FIFTY-FOURTH SESSION

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In accordance with established practice, the Secretary-General this afternoon drew lots for the purpose of choosing the Member State to occupy the first desk on the General Assembly floor from which the alphabetical seating order will begin. The name drawn was South Africa.

SG/SM/7056
30 June 1999


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SG/SM/7056
GA/9572


'LET US ALL REAFFIRM THE PLEDGES WE MADE IN CAIRO', SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SPECIAL SESSION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE

19990630 In Address to Assembly Kofi Annan Highlights Importance of Helping World's People Control their Numbers through Greater Prosperity, Wider Choice