Press Release
SAG/63

UNITED KINGDOM TO FUND $34 MILLION FISHERIES PROJECT TO BENEFIT POOR PEOPLE IN AFRICA

Press Release
SC/6745

SECURITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHES UN TRANSITIONAL ADMINISTRATION IN EAST TIMOR FOR INITIAL PERIOD UNTIL 31 JANUARY 2001

Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1272 (1999), Council Authorizes Strength of 1,600 Police, 9,000 Military Troops

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SG/A/707
PI/1191

MARIA COSTA PINTO APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION CENTRE IN LISBON

The Secretary-General has appointed Maria Costa Pinto as Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Lisbon effective 1 November.

Press Release
SG/A/708
PI/1192

CHRISTINE B. KOERNER APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION CENTRE IN HARARE, ZIMBABWE

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Christine B. Koerner, a national of Germany, as Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Harare, Zimbabwe. She is expected to take up her duties on 1 November.

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SG/SM/7192

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT TRIBUTE HONOURING MEMORY OF JULIUS NYERERE, SAYS NYERERE'S LIFE MIRRORED FATE OF ENTIRE AFRICAN CONTINENT

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement at a tribute to the memory of Julius K. Nyerere, the founder and first President of the United Republic of Tanzania, who died on 14 October, delivered at Headquarters on 25 October:

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SG/SM/7193
ENV/DEV/526

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF EARLY ACTION TO REACH GOALS SET OUT IN UN FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE

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SG/SM/7194

PARLIAMENTARIANS VITAL PARTNER FOR BUILDING PEACE IN BROADEST SENSE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION MEMBERS

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to a meeting, organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), of Parliamentarians attending the fifty-fourth General Assembly, at Headquarters on 25 October:

Press Release
UNEP/49

UN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME ON SUSTAINABILITY OF FRESHWATER IN AFRICA TO BE HELD 26-30 OCTOBER IN NAIROBI

NAIROBI, 22 October (UNEP) -- At a workshop to be held at the headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) from 26 to 30 October, more than 100 experts and policy makers will hold discussions on the sustainable management of freshwater resources in Africa.

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ECOSOC/5876

NGO LOSES CONSULATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Sudan Charges Collusion with Terrorists

The Economic and Social Council decided this morning to revoke the consultative status of Christian Solidarity International (CSI) on the basis of a complaint filed against that non-governmental organization (NGO) by the Government of Sudan.

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ECOSOC/5876/

NGO LOSES CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CORRECTION

On page 1 of Press Release ECOSOC/5876 issued 26 October, the fifth paragraph should read as follows: