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24 September 1997

Press Release

NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS PRESIDENT OF COLOMBIA TO VISIT HEADQUARTERS ON 25 SEPTEMBER

19970924

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Ernesto Samper Pizano, President of Colombia, will visit Headquarters on Thursday, 25 September, to address the General Assembly and confer with Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

24 September 1997

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NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS PRIME MINISTER OF JAMAICA TO VISIT HEADQUARTERS ON 25 SEPTEMBER

19970924

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

The Prime Minister of Jamaica, Percival James Patterson, will visit Headquarters on Thursday, 25 September, to address the General Assembly and to confer with Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

24 September 1997

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NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS PRESIDENT OF ECUADOR TO VISIT HEADQUARTERS ON 25 SEPTEMBER

19970924

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Constitutional President ad interim Fabian Alarcon Rivera of Ecuador will visit Headquarters on Thursday, 25 September, to address the General Assembly and to confer with Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

24 September 1997

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NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS PRIME MINISTER OF MOROCCO TO VISIT HEADQUARTERS ON 25 SEPTEMBER

19970924

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

The Prime Minister of Morocco, Abdellatif Filali, will visit Headquarters on Thursday, 25 September, to address the General Assembly and confer with Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

23 September 1997

Press Release
TAD/1849

UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT (UNCTAD) ISSUES 'LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES 1997 REPORT'

19970923 ADVANCE RELEASE Finds Institutional, Economic Reforms Generating Growth in Some Countries; Cites Impact of Agricultural Sector, Effects of State Collapse

23 September 1997

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HR/4338

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD OPENS SIXTEENTH SESSION

19970923

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 22 September (UN Information Service) -- The Committee on the Rights of the Child, the expert panel in charge of monitoring the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, opened its sixteenth session this morning by adopting its agenda items and programme of work.

23 September 1997

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GA/9307

SECURITY COUNCIL MUST BE REORGANIZED TO ENHANCE ITS LEGITIMACY, EFFECTIVENESS, FOREIGN MINISTER OF JAPAN TELLS ASSEMBLY

19970923 Central American Presidents Stress Regional Union; President Of Paraguay, Foreign Ministers of Finland, Portugal, Also Speak

23 September 1997

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GA/9306

SPEAKERS FOCUS ON UNITED NATIONS REFORM, INCLUDING SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM, AS ASSEMBLY'S GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES

19970923 European Union Says Assembly Must Examine Secretary-General's Reform Proposals In 'Integrated Manner and as a Package' for UN to be Renovated

23 September 1997

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GA/9302/

23 September 1997

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DCF/316

FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF OPENING FOR SIGNATURE OF COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY MARKED ON 24 SEPTEMBER

19970923 Preparatory Commission Reviews Its First Six Months In Implementing Treaty

(Reissued as received.)