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2 July 1999

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IHA/681

HOW TO REDUCE DAMAGE FROM NATURAL DISASTERS IN TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY?

19990702 (Reissued as received.)

2 July 1999

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HR/4426

COUNTRIES OF ASIA-PACIFIC REGION TO DISCUSS NATIONAL PLANS OF ACTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AT BANGKOK WORKSHOP

19990702 (Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 2 July (UN Information Service) -- The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is organizing a workshop on developing national plans of action for the promotion and protection of human rights in the Asia and Pacific region in Bangkok, Thailand, from 5 to 7 July.

2 July 1999

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GA/9577

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES TWENTY-FIRST SPECIAL SESSION ON 1994 CAIRO POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE OUTCOME

19990702 Adopts Final Document on Key Actions For Further Implementation of Cairo Programme of Action

2 July 1999

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GA/9576

POPULATION, DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGE NOT SOLVED WITHOUT WOMEN'S EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, UNITED STATES TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION

19990702 Twenty-one Speakers Outline National Efforts To Implement Action Programme of 1994 Population and Development Conference

1 July 1999

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SG/SM/7055

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AND DEPUTY-SECRETARY-GENERAL LOUISE FRECHETTE AT HEADQUARTERS, 30 JUNE

19990701

THE SECRETARY-GENERAL: Good afternoon, and let me thank you for coming. I must say, we did not do too badly. It is fairly close to 12 o'clock, as we had promised.

1 July 1999

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PI/1155

1 July 1999

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GA/COL/3014

SPECIAL DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE ADOPTS TEXTS RELATED TO QUESTION OF FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS), DISSEMINATION OF DECOLONIZATION INFORMATION

19990701 Minister for Foreign Affairs of Argentina Speaks; Committee Also Adopts Text on Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories

1 July 1999

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GA/9575

TRADITIONAL MALE BEHAVIORAL MODELS MUST BE RECOGNIZED AND CHALLENGED, ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF CAIRO PROGRAMME OF ACTION TOLD

19990701 Demographic Pressure, Effects of War And Need for International Economic Aid Reform Also Addressed

1 July 1999

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GA/9574

GREATER FINANCIAL COMMITMENT NEEDED FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF CAIRO GOALS, GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S SPECIAL SESSION TOLD

19990701 Twenty-one Speakers Address Session Reviewing Programme of Action Adopted by 1994 Population and Development Conference

1 July 1999

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

19990701

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.