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GA/COL/3011

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GA/9563
REC/59

UN FALLS SHORT ON MEETING PEACE AND POVERTY CHALLENGES IN AFRICA, AFRICAN HEARING FOR MILLENNIUM ASSEMBLY TOLD

ADDIS ABABA, 24 June (ECA) -- While the United Nations has made a substantial difference in delivering its mandate over its five decades of existence, it has fallen far short of meeting the twin challenges of peace and security and reducing poverty in Africa.

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SG/SM/7042

SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE WILL HELP INVIGORATE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY'S COMMITMENT TO PROGRESS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Following is the text of the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the International Conference on Development, which will be delivered on his behalf in Tokyo on 24 June by the Under- Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, Kensaku Hogen:

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ICJ/584

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO INSTITUTES PROCEEDINGS BEFORE ICJ AGAINST BURUNDI UGANDA AND RWANDA ON ACCOUNT OF 'ACTS OF ARMED AGGRESSION'

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HR/4421

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CONVENES FIRST CONSULTATIVE FORUM OF AGENCIES WORKING ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN KOSOVO

(Reissued as received.)

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GA/COL/3010

SPECIAL DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE CONTINUES TO HEAR SPEAKERS ON EAST TIMOR

The flexibility and innovation of the Indonesian Government and its leading role in finding a settlement was the spark that had made negotiations possible, a petitioner said this afternoon in the Special Committee on the Situation with Regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

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GA/COL/3009

DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF EAST TIMOR

Twenty-one Speakers Address Preparations for August Ballot on Territory's Future

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GA/9562

ASSEMBLY, IN PLENARY MEETING, EXTENDS SERVICES OF ONE REMAINING GRATIS PERSONNEL SERVING FORMER YUGOSLAVIA TRIBUNAL UNTIL END OF AUGUST

Group of 77, Russian Federation Stress Action Should Not Become

Precedent

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ECOSOC/5825

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ADOPTS PROVISIONAL AGENDA AND PROGRAMME OF WORK FOR 1999 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION -- GENEVA, 5 -30 JULY

The Economic and Social Council began its 1999 substantive session this morning by adopting its provisional agenda and programme of work for the session. The session will be held from 5 to 30 July in Geneva.

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ECOSOC/5824

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TAKES UP SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS AS IT FINALIZES PREPARATIONS FOR 1999 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION

The President of the Economic and Social Council, Francesco Paolo Fulci (Italy), highlighted a number of innovations that had been taken to revitalize the Council, as it met this morning to take up organizational matters.