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SECURITY COUNCIL DECIDES TO ESTABLISH UNITED NATIONS OBSERVER MISSION IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

SC/6766
30 November 1999


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SC/6766


SECURITY COUNCIL DECIDES TO ESTABLISH UNITED NATIONS OBSERVER MISSION IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

19991130

Unanimous Resolution 1279 (1999) Asks Secretary-General, Acting On Earlier Decisions, to Equip MONUC With Team of up to 500 Personnel

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPLAUDS GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO DRAW ATTENTION TO PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF BONE AND JOINT DISEASES

SG/SM/7240
30 November 1999


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SG/SM/7240


SECRETARY-GENERAL APPLAUDS GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO DRAW ATTENTION TO PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF BONE AND JOINT DISEASES

19991130

Message for Decade Notes Efforts on Major Health Problem, Consequences of Ageing, Accidents, Armed Conflict, Other Factors

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER DAY, NOTES UNITED NATIONS IDEALS OF SERVICE, SOLIDARITY

SG/SM/7241
30 November 1999


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SG/SM/7241


SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER DAY, NOTES UNITED NATIONS IDEALS OF SERVICE, SOLIDARITY

19991130

This is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan for International Volunteer Day, 5 December 1999:

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS PERSISTENCE OF SLAVERY, IN ERA OF HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRESS, DEMANDS ACTION BY GLOBAL COMMUNITY

SG/SM/7242
30 November 1999


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SG/SM/7242


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS PERSISTENCE OF SLAVERY, IN ERA OF HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRESS, DEMANDS ACTION BY GLOBAL COMMUNITY

19991130

Message for International Day for Abolition Notes Legal Texts, Declares Eradication in All States Vital Goal for New Millennium

IN HUMAN RIGHTS DAY MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR RENEWAL OF EFFORTS TO DEFEAT RACISM IN ALL ITS FORMS

SG/SM/7243
30 November 1999


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SG/SM/7243
OBV/128


IN HUMAN RIGHTS DAY MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR RENEWAL OF EFFORTS TO DEFEAT RACISM IN ALL ITS FORMS

19991130

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for Human Rights Day 1999, which will be observed on 10 December:

STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL

SC/6762
30/11/1999
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SC/6762


STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL


At the 4073rd meeting of the Security Council, held on 30 November 1999 in connection with the Council's consideration of the item entitled “Role of the Security Council in the prevention of armed conflicts”, the President of the Security Council made the following statement on behalf of the Council:

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS INACTION ON AIDS NO LONGER AN OPTION; AFRICA FACING DISASTER WITHOUT PARALLEL IN HUMAN HISTORY

DSG/SM/80
1 December 1999


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DSG/SM/80


DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS INACTION ON AIDS NO LONGER AN OPTION; AFRICA FACING DISASTER WITHOUT PARALLEL IN HUMAN HISTORY

19991201

UN Symposium Statement Stresses Plight of Orphans of Disease, Resulting Strain on Government Services as Safety Nets Unravel

This is the text of remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the symposium at Headquarters today in observance of World AIDS Day:

ASSEMBLY URGES PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF PALESTINE QUESTION DECLARES ISR"L"S JURISDICTION OVER JERUSALEM VOID

GA/9674
1 December 1999


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GA/9674


ASSEMBLY URGES PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF PALESTINE QUESTION DECLARES ISRAEL’S JURISDICTION OVER JERUSALEM VOID

19991201

Adopts Six Texts; Concludes Discussion of Middle East, Palestine

The General Assembly this morning reaffirmed the necessity of achieving a peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine, which it identified once more as the core of the Arab-Israeli conflict.