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PI/1193

WEEKLY DPI/NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION BRIEFING TO BE VIDEOCONFERENCE WITH UN IN KOSOVO

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SG/SM/7196
POP/743

ON POPULATION FUND ANNIVERSARY, KOFI ANNAN SAYS WORK WILL CONTINUE ON ISSUE WITH ‘INDIVIDUAL, NATIONAL AND GLOBAL REPERCUSSIONS’

Following are the remarks to the General Assembly of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), which were delivered today on his behalf by UNFPA Executive Director Nafis Sadik:

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SG/SM/7197
GA/AB/3323

SECRETARY-GENERAL PROPOSES $2,535 MILLION PROGRAMME BUDGET FOR 2000-2001 BIENNIUM

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address today to the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) introducing the proposed United Nations programme budget for the biennium 2000-2001:

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SG/SM/7198

COST-EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT, EFFICIENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, KEYS TO HEALTHY UN SYSTEM, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS OVERSIGHT BODIES

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement to the third tripartite meeting of the Board of Auditors, the Joint Inspection Unit and the Office of Internal Oversight Services in New York on 27 October:

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SG/SM/7199

SECRETARY-GENERAL LEARNS WITH DEEP SORROW OF ASSASSINATIONS IN ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT CHAMBER

The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

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ECOSOC/5877

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY EMERGING AS ONE OF GREATEST CHALLENGES OF THE TIMES

Dialogue Between Economic and Social Council Ambassadors and International Monetary Fund Executives Opens

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GA/AB/3322/

FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP PROPOSED PROGRAMME BUDGET FOR 2000-2001 BIENNIUM

CORRECTION

On page 18 of Press Release GA/AB/3322 of 27 October, the summary of the statement of the representative of Cyprus, which should have appeared between the summarized statements of the representatives of Burkina Faso and China, was inadvertently omitted.

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GA/AB/3324

FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP REPORT OF INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION

The International Civil Service Commission should explore ways of establishing family-friendly human resources policies, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) was told, as it began its consideration of the report of that Commission and several related notes from the Secretary-General, under its agenda item on the United Nations common system.

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GA/DIS/3155

DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON REGIONAL DISARMAMENT, NUCLEAR WEAPON ELIMINATION, ASIA/PACIFIC CENTRE, SMALL ARMS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

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GA/EF/2881

FOR DEVELOPING WORLD, GLOBALIZATION MEANS NOT INTERDEPENDENCE BUT OVERDEPENDENCE ON AID, MARKETS OF WEALTHY

Second Committee, Winding up Globalization Debate, Hears Calls for Reform of Global Economic Architecture