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GA/EF/2900

WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT, SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT, BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, AMONG 14 TEXTS APPROVED BY SECOND COMMITTEE

The General Assembly would call on the United Nations system to integrate gender mainstreaming into all its programmes and policies, as proposed by one of 14 texts approved this morning by the Second Committee (Economic and Financial).

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GA/EF/2901

SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES THREE TEXTS ON ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

The General Assembly would call on the Caribbean countries to develop further an integrated management approach to the Caribbean Sea area in the context of sustainable development, as proposed by one of three texts approved this afternoon by the Second Committee (Economic and Financial).

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GA/SM/134

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS AFRICA, ITS ECONOMIC PROGRESS WIPED OUT BY AIDS, IS ‘RUSHING TO INDESCRIBABLE DEVELOPMENT CATASTROPHE’

Orphans of Disease Number Millions, Life Expectancy of People in Southern Africa Being Pushed Down; Continued Global Attention Needed

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PI/1204
ECO/13

UN SOCIAL SUMMIT REVIEW CAN PROVIDE ALTERNATIVES TO NEW FORMS OF PROTECTIONISM

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PI/1205

WORLD AIDS DAY OBSERVANCE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS; FOCUS ON CHILDREN ORPHANED BY AIDS

Speakers Include General Assembly President, Deputy Secretary-General, United States First Lady, UNAIDS Executive Director

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SG/SM/7244
AFR/194

SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES PRESTIGE AND AUTHORITY OF NELSON MANDELA WILL LEAD TO REINVIGORATION OF BURUNDI PEACE PROCESS

Designation as Mediator, After Death of Julius Nyerere, Is Welcomed; Urgent Need for Negotiated Settlement Stressed

This is the text of a statement today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

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SG/SM/7245

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES UNITED STATES TO REJECT ISOLATIONISM, RECOGNIZE ITS INTERESTS OFTEN MATCH THOSE OF UNITED NATIONS

Seattle Speech Lauds Historic American Leadership, Instinctive Humanitarianism; Notes Demonstrated Public Support for World Body

This is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan yesterday (30 November) at an event sponsored by the Rotary Club of Seattle, Washington:

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BIO/3258

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF KYRGYZSTAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Elmira S. Ibraimova, the new Permanent Representative of Kyrgyzstan to the United Nations, today presented her credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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BIO/3259

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PANAMA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service)

Ramon A. Morales, the new Permanent Representative of Panama to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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BIO/3260

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ISRAEL PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Yehuda Lancry, the new Permanent Representative of Israel, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan this afternoon.