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7 November 1997

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GA/EF/2789

NEED TO ADDRESS FRESHWATER RESOURCES MATTERS STRESSED BY SPEAKERS IN ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE

19971107 Consideration of Climate Change, Biodiversity Convention, Barbados Conference on Small Island Developing States Concludes

7 November 1997

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GA/EF/2788

BINDING TARGETS FOR GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION MUST BE ADOPTED IN KYOTO, JAPAN TELLS ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE

19971107 Says December Meeting Should Commit to Global Warming Prevention; Failure to Implement Agenda 21, Protection of Island States Also Addressed

7 November 1997

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GA/DIS/3094

7 November 1997

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GA/AB/3187

FIFTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS CANDIDATES FOR ACABQ; CONTRIBUTIONS, INVESTMENTS COMMITTEES; BOARD OF AUDITORS

19971107 Candidates for Administrative Tribunal, ICSC, Pension Committee Also Recommended

7 November 1997

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GA/9351
REF/1160

$109 MILLION PLEDGED FOR 1998 PROGRAMMES OF UNHCR

19971107

Some $109 million was pledged this morning at a meeting of the General Assembly's Ad Hoc Committee for the Announcement of Voluntary Contributions to the 1998 Programmes of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

7 November 1997

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DEV/2174
WOM/1002

7 November 1997

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AFR/25
SOC/4426

7 November 1997

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AFG/74
WOM/1001

6 November 1997

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SG/SM/6384

CHILE IS 'MODEL GLOBAL CITIZEN', SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ON RECEIVING HONORARY DEGREE

19971106 Following is the text of the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan delivered today in Santiago at the honorary degree ceremony at the University of Chile:

6 November 1997

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SC/6440

SECURITY COUNCIL REGRETS LACK OF VISIBLE PROGRESS ON SETTLEMENT OF SITUATION IN ABKHAZIA, GEORGIA, DESPITE STRENUOUS EFFORTS TO REACTIVATE PEACE PROCESS

19971106

Presidential Statement Welcomes Intention To Resume High-Level Meeting on Conflict in Geneva on 17 November