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TURNER FOUNDATION APPROVES $51 MILLION IN NEW PROJECT FUNDING SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL IN HEADQUARTERS ANNOUNCEMENT

DSG/SM/76
9 November 1999


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DSG/SM/76


TURNER FOUNDATION APPROVES $51 MILLION IN NEW PROJECT FUNDING SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL IN HEADQUARTERS ANNOUNCEMENT

19991109

The following statement was issued by the Office of Deputy Secretary- General Louise Fréchette at Headquarters on 9 November:

AS ASSEMBLY REITERATES CALL FOR END TO `EXTRATERRITORIAL MEASURES", CUBA ANNOUNCES $100 BILLION DAMAGE SUIT AGAINST UNITED STATES

GA/9654
9 November 1999


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GA/9654


AS ASSEMBLY REITERATES CALL FOR END TO `EXTRATERRITORIAL MEASURES’, CUBA ANNOUNCES $100 BILLION DAMAGE SUIT AGAINST UNITED STATES

19991109

Cuba Equates Blockade's Effects with Genocide; United States Calls It Matter of Bilateral Trade Policy

NEGATIVE ATMOSPHERE DURING DISCUSSIONS OF INTERNAL OVERSIGHT OFFICE WORK MUST BE OVERCOME, FIFTH COMMITTEE HEARS

GA/AB/3337
9 November 1999


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GA/AB/3337


NEGATIVE ATMOSPHERE DURING DISCUSSIONS OF INTERNAL OVERSIGHT OFFICE WORK MUST BE OVERCOME, FIFTH COMMITTEE HEARS

19991109

The negative atmosphere during Fifth Committee discussions of the work of the Office of Internal Oversight Services must be overcome, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) was told this morning, as it concluded its general discussion of the annual report of that Office.

DRAFT TEXT CALLING FOR DISARMAMENT AIMED AT ELIMINATING NUCLEAR WEAPONS APPROVED IN DISARMEMENT COMMITTEE BY VOTE OF 128-0-12

GA/DIS/3163
9 November 1999


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GA/DIS/3163


DRAFT TEXT CALLING FOR DISARMAMENT AIMED AT ELIMINATING NUCLEAR WEAPONS APPROVED IN DISARMEMENT COMMITTEE BY VOTE OF 128-0-12

19991109

Resolutions Also Approved on Missiles, New Agenda for Disarmament, Transparency in Armaments

TRAINING, RESEARCH, PALESTINIAN-ARAB SOVEREIGNTY OVER NATURAL RESOURCES, AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED IN WIDE-RANGING DEBATE

GA/EF/2891
9 November 1999


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GA/EF/2891


TRAINING, RESEARCH, PALESTINIAN-ARAB SOVEREIGNTY OVER NATURAL RESOURCES, AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED IN WIDE-RANGING DEBATE

19991109

Committee Also Hears Draft Texts On Small Island Developing States, Training-Research Proposals

ISR"LI OCCUPATION PRACTICES MAKE PALESTINIAN LIVES "A DAILY TORMENT", COMMITTEE HEARS IN CONCLUDING NATURAL-RESOURCES DEBATE

GA/EF/2892
9 November 1999


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GA/EF/2892


ISRAELI OCCUPATION PRACTICES MAKE PALESTINIAN LIVES ‘A DAILY TORMENT’, COMMITTEE HEARS IN CONCLUDING NATURAL-RESOURCES DEBATE

19991109

Speakers Also Give Views on Report of Economic and Social Council

SOCIAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD MASS VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS PERSIST, HALF-CENTURY AFTER ADOPTION OF UNIVERSAL DECLARATION

GA/SHC/3552
9 November 1999


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GA/SHC/3552


SOCIAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD MASS VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS PERSIST, HALF-CENTURY AFTER ADOPTION OF UNIVERSAL DECLARATION

19991109

New Aspects of Problem Reviewed; Common Efforts at Solution Urged