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FOURTEENTH LAW OF THE SEA FELLOWSHIP AWARDED

SEA/1654

FOURTEENTH LAW OF THE SEA FELLOWSHIP AWARDED

15 December 1999


Press Release
SEA/1654


FOURTEENTH LAW OF THE SEA FELLOWSHIP AWARDED

19991215

NEW YORK, 10 December (Office of Legal Affairs) -- The Legal Counsel of the United Nations has awarded the fourteenth Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Memorial Fellowship on the Law of the Sea to Fathima Razni Mulafer of Sri Lanka, with a special award to Derrick F.P. Oderson of Barbados, and has selected Salieu Kabba Sankoh of Sierra Leone as the third ranking candidate.

KOFI ANNAN SAYS `HEALING OF WOUNDS" BETWEEN JEWISH COMMUNITY AND UNITED NATIONS AMONG HIS PRIORITIES AS SECRETARY-GENERAL

SG/SM/7260

KOFI ANNAN SAYS `HEALING OF WOUNDS" BETWEEN JEWISH COMMUNITY AND UNITED NATIONS AMONG HIS PRIORITIES AS SECRETARY-GENERAL

15 December 1999


Press Release
SG/SM/7260


KOFI ANNAN SAYS `HEALING OF WOUNDS’ BETWEEN JEWISH COMMUNITY AND UNITED NATIONS AMONG HIS PRIORITIES AS SECRETARY-GENERAL

19991215

Speech to New York Group Acknowledges Sense of ‘Exclusion’ and Calls For Mutual Understanding, Recognizing Jewish Contribution to World Body

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING SECURITY COUNCIL ON "UN PARTNERSHIP WITH AFRICA", OFFERS PRESCRIPTION FOR MORE EFFECTIVE INVOLVEMENT IN CONTINENT

SG/SM/7261

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING SECURITY COUNCIL ON "UN PARTNERSHIP WITH AFRICA", OFFERS PRESCRIPTION FOR MORE EFFECTIVE INVOLVEMENT IN CONTINENT

15 December 1999


Press Release
SG/SM/7261
SC/6772


SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING SECURITY COUNCIL ON ‘UN PARTNERSHIP WITH AFRICA’, OFFERS PRESCRIPTION FOR MORE EFFECTIVE INVOLVEMENT IN CONTINENT

19991215

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the open meeting of the Security Council on “the United Nations partnership with Africa” on 15 December:

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL RECOMMENDS REVISED IDENTIFICATION CRITERIA FOR LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRY LIST

ECOSOC/5880

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL RECOMMENDS REVISED IDENTIFICATION CRITERIA FOR LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRY LIST

16 December 1999


Press Release
ECOSOC/5880


ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL RECOMMENDS REVISED IDENTIFICATION CRITERIA FOR LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRY LIST

19991216

Also Elects New Members to World Food Programme Board, Accounting Standards Expert Group; Considers World Court Advisory Opinion

ASSEMBLY ADOPTS TEXT ON BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; TAKES UP SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM

GA/9688

ASSEMBLY ADOPTS TEXT ON BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; TAKES UP SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM

16 December 1999


Press Release
GA/9688


ASSEMBLY ADOPTS TEXT ON BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; TAKES UP SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM

19991216

The General Assembly this morning demanded that all parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina facilitate the full implementation of all aspects of the New York Declaration, adopted on 15 November -- in particular, the Principles on the Establishment of a State Border Service -- in a timely manner.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM

GA/9689

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM

16 December 1999


Press Release
GA/9689


GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM

19991216

Speakers Address Veto Privilege and Expansion of Council Membership

If the permanent members of the Security Council agreed to limit the scope of their privileges, they would be giving a tangible sign of their political will to reform the Council and of their desire to adapt it to present realities, the General Assembly was told this afternoon.

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