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SG/SM/7022

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING UNITED STATES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, HIGHLIGHTS FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT OF UNITED NATIONS ATTITUDE TOWARDS PRIVATE SECTOR

8 June 1999


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SG/SM/7022


SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING UNITED STATES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, HIGHLIGHTS FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT OF UNITED NATIONS ATTITUDE TOWARDS PRIVATE SECTOR

19990608 Kofi Annan Says Business Community and United Nations Are Engaged In 'Something Larger than Ourselves': Human Security in Broadest Sense

Following is the text of the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the United States Chamber of Commerce, in Washington, D.C., today:

SG/SM/7021

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM WILL NOT LAG BEHIND IN SEARCH FOR CONCRETE SOLUTIONS TO DESERTIFICATION AND DROUGHT

8 June 1999


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SG/SM/7021
OBV/98


SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM WILL NOT LAG BEHIND IN SEARCH FOR CONCRETE SOLUTIONS TO DESERTIFICATION AND DROUGHT

19990608

Following is the text of a message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the occasion of World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, which will be observed on 17 June:

PKO/81

TUNISIA JOINS STANDBY ARRANGEMENTS FOR PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

8 June 1999


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PKO/81


TUNISIA JOINS STANDBY ARRANGEMENTS FOR PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

19990608

Tunisia today became the twenty-second country to sign a memorandum of understanding on the standby arrangements for the United Nations peacekeeping operations.

PI/1144

INTERDEPENDENCE OF GENERATIONS FOCUS OF SECOND 'AGE QUAKE' DEBATE TO BE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS 10 JUNE

8 June 1999


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PI/1144
SOC/4512


INTERDEPENDENCE OF GENERATIONS FOCUS OF SECOND 'AGE QUAKE' DEBATE TO BE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS 10 JUNE

19990608

Series Commemorates International Year of Older Persons 1999

The second in the series of four "Age Quake" Debates on the theme "Interdependence of Generations: Ability not Chronology" will be held from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, 10 June, in the Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium at United Nations Headquarters.

IAEA/1331

SAFEGUARDS INSPECTION BY I"A CONDUCTED AT VINCA INSTITUTE, OUTSIDE BELGRADE

8 June 1999


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IAEA/1331


SAFEGUARDS INSPECTION BY IAEA CONDUCTED AT VINCA INSTITUTE, OUTSIDE BELGRADE

19990608

VIENNA, 8 June (IAEA) -- After an interruption in regular inspections since January, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) performed a safeguards inspection at the Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences outside Belgrade, Yugoslavia, on 3 and 4 June.

DSG/SM/56

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES THERE CANNOT BE SUSTAINED DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS UNLESS PEOPLE OF DEVELOPING COUNTRY FEEL THEY ARE IN DRIVING SEAT

8 June 1999


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DSG/SM/56


DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES THERE CANNOT BE SUSTAINED DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS UNLESS PEOPLE OF DEVELOPING COUNTRY FEEL THEY ARE IN DRIVING SEAT

19990608

Addressing High-Level Workshop, Louise Frechette Says Both World Bank And UN Development Framework Initiatives Place Concerned Countries at Centre