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SC/6775

SECURITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHES NEW MONITORING COMMISSION FOR IRAQ ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1284 (1999) BY VOTE OF 11-0-4

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GA/9692

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUES DEBATE ON SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM WITH FOCUS ON CHANGING VETO, PERMANENT MEMBERSHIP

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GA/9693

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM

As the General Assembly concluded its consideration of the reform of the Security Council this afternoon, a number of speakers emphasized that despite six years having elapsed since its establishment, the high-level working group on the question of the equitable representation on an increase in the membership of the Security Council had achieved very little.

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GA/SM/144

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT EXTENDS DEEPEST CONDOLENCES FOR VENEZUELAN DISASTER, URGES PROMPT, GENEROUS RESPONSE FROM INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

Following is the statement made today by the President of the General Assembly, Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia), on the floods and mudslides in Venezuela:

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SG/SM/7264
OBV/129

SECRETARY-GENERAL DESCRIBES BIODIVERSITY CONVENTION PROGRESS, THREATS TO ECOSYSTEMS, IN BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY DAY MESSAGE

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day for Biological Diversity, which is observed 29 December:

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SG/SM/7265

SECRETARY-GENERAL PROFOUNDLY SHOCKED TO LEARN ABOUT INDISCRIMINATE TERRORIST ACT AGAINST PRESIDENT OF SRI LANKA

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

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SG/SM/7266

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED TO LEARN OF LOSS OF LIFE AND DEVASTATION CAUSED BY FLOODS IN VENEZUELA

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

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GA/AB/3355

FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXTS ON UNITED NATIONS MISSIONS IN SIERRA LEONE, UNTAET, SUPPORT ACCOUNT, RATE OF ASSESSMENT FOR KIRIBATI, NAURU AND TONGA

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SG/SM/7267

UNITED NATIONS WELCOMES FRANCE’S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT DESTRUCTION OF ANTI-PERSONNEL MINE STOCKPILES HAS BEEN COMPLETED

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

The United Nations welcomes the announcement by the Government of France that it has completed the destruction of its stockpiles of anti-personnel mines, in compliance with the Ottawa Convention.

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UNU/193

UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY TO HOST MILLENNIUM CONFERENCE