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DEVELOPED COUNTRIES URGED TO MATCH DEVELOPING-WORLD EFFORTS TO COMBAT 'GLOBAL SCOURGE' OF DROUGHT, DESERTIFICATION

GA/EF/2877
25 October 1999


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GA/EF/2877


DEVELOPED COUNTRIES URGED TO MATCH DEVELOPING-WORLD EFFORTS TO COMBAT 'GLOBAL SCOURGE' OF DROUGHT, DESERTIFICATION

19991025

`Politics Cannot Stop Desertification, But Cross-Border Partnerships Can’, Says Israel

"THIS UNIVERSAL ORGANIZATION" THE PRIDE OF ALL HUMANKIND SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT AT UN DAY CONCERT

GA/SM/113
25 October 1999


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GA/SM/113


‘THIS UNIVERSAL ORGANIZATION’ THE PRIDE OF ALL HUMANKIND SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT AT UN DAY CONCERT

19991025

Following is the statement of the President of the General Assembly, Theo Ben-Gurirab (Namibia), delivered at the United Nations Day Concert in New York on 22 October:

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, AT TRIBUTE HONOURING JULIUS NYERERE, PRAISES HIM AS LIBERATOR, THINKER, TEACHER AND MENTOR

GA/SM/114
25 October 1999


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GA/SM/114


GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, AT TRIBUTE HONOURING JULIUS NYERERE, PRAISES HIM AS LIBERATOR, THINKER, TEACHER AND MENTOR

19991025

Following is the statement of the President of the General Assembly, Theo Ben-Gurirab (Namibia) at a tribute honouring the founder and first President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Julius K. Nyerere, who died on 14 October, delivered in New York on 25 October:

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION IDEALLY PLACED TO PLAY IMPORTANT ROLE IN SEARCH FOR SOLUTION TO WORLD PROBLEMS

GA/SM/115
25 October 1999


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GA/SM/115


ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION IDEALLY PLACED TO PLAY IMPORTANT ROLE IN SEARCH FOR SOLUTION TO WORLD PROBLEMS

19991025

Following is the statement made today by Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia), President of the General Assembly, to the meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union:

AFRICA NEEDS NEW PARADIGM FOR DEVELOPMENT IN TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, HEARS AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FORUM

REC/81
25 October 1999


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REC/81


AFRICA NEEDS NEW PARADIGM FOR DEVELOPMENT IN TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, HEARS AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FORUM

19991025

ADDIS ABABA, 24 October (ECA) -- Speakers at the opening of the first African Development Forum have emphasized the need for a new paradigm for the continent’s development based on a vibrant domestic private sector, a strong State, cutting-edge policy analysis, and good governance.