Plenary

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GA/9645*

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS 18 MEMBERS TO FILL VACANCIES IN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Assembly Also Adopts Eight Resolutions, Including Texts On Procurement Reform, Financing UNAMET, Development Account

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GA/9643

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SALUTES ACHIEVEMENTS OF POPULATION FUND AS STATES MARK THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF UNFPA

Advances in Women's Empowerment Noted, Need For Increased Financial Resources Stressed by Speakers

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GA/9644

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON COOPERATION BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS AND INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION

Assembly President Expresses Condolences to Government And People of Armenia For Assassinations in Parliamentary Chamber

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GA/9642

MEMBER STATES FAILURE TO PAY ASSESSMENTS TRANSGRESSES PRINCIPLES AT HEART OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, SAYS WORLD COURT PRESIDENT

Assembly Acts on Cooperations with League of Arab States, Observer Status for Portuguese-Speaking Countries

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GA/9641

ASSEMBLY ACTS ON REPORTS ON CREDENTIALS, COOPERATION WITH REGIONAL GROUPS, NEW MEMBERS OF UNEP GOVERNING COUNCIL, COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCES

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GA/9640
PI/1190

UNITED NATIONS LAUNCHES MILLENNIUM ASSEMBLY WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.UN.ORG/MILLENNIUM

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GA/9639

OVER-RELIANCE ON CLOSED CONSULTATIONS, SLOW RESPONSE TO AFRICA’S NEEDS FAULTED, AS ASSEMBLY ENDS DEBATE ON COUNCIL REPORT

United Kingdom Says United Nations, ‘Tested As Never Before’, Must Change, and Council Must Be Part of Change

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GA/9638

SECURITY COUNCIL CRITICIZED FOR SECRECY, SLOW RESPONSE IN AFRICA AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF COUNCIL’S REPORT

While the Security Council's own rules required it to meet in public, the option to meet privately had become the rule rather than the exception, the representative of Mexico told the General Assembly this afternoon, as it continued its consideration of the Council's annual report.

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GA/9637

SECURITY COUNCIL WORKING METHODS CALLED SECRETIVE, RIGID, EXCLUSIONARY, AS ASSEMBLY CONSIDERS ANNUAL COUNCIL REPORT

‘Regional Military Intervention’ in Kosovo Post-Second World War Europe’s Biggest Humanitarian Disaster, Says China

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GA/9634

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADDS AGENDA ITEMS ON PORTUGESE-SPEAKING COUNTRIES, SOUTH AFRICA’S PEACEKEEPING PAYMENTS, CHILDREN’S SUMMIT

Also Concludes Consideration of Secretary-General’s Report