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GA/9686

ASSEMBLY CALLS FOR ONGOING COOPERATION TO DEAL WITH Y2K PROBLEMS; DECIDES TO OBSERVE BUDDHISTS' SACRED DAY AT UNITED NATIONS

Hears Tributes to Late Croatian President, Franjo Tudjman

The General Assembly this morning appealed to all Member States to forge global cooperation to ensure a timely and effective response to computer problems emanating from the year 2000 date conversion, also known as "Y2K".

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GA/9687

ASSEMBLY URGES ECONOMIC AID FOR VARIOUS COUNTRIES; SEEKS STRONGER LINKS BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS AND OSCE

Text on Central America also Approved; UN Self-Examination Welcomed as Debate Begins on Situation in Bosnia and Herzergovina

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GA/AB/3353

FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXTS ON FINANCING UN INTERMIN ADMINISTRATION MISSION IN KOSOVO AND OFFICE OF INTERNAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES

Also Takes Decisions on Level Of Peacekeeping Assessments of Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga

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GA/EF/2906

COMMITTEE SAYS INTERESTS OF NON-WTO STATES MUST BE CONSIDERED IN TRADE LIBERALIZATION CONTEXT

Two More Development-Related Decisions Approved; Action on Remaining Draft Resolutions Expected Tomorrow

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PI/1211

UNITED NATIONS TO WELCOME TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY IN LIGHTS

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PI/1212

WEB SITE FOR SOCIAL SUMMIT SPECIAL SESSION LAUNCHED

All the new developments and information about the United Nations General Assembly Special Session to follow-up the 1995 Social Summit, which will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 26-30 June, 2000, are available on a new Web site at the Internet address http://www.un.org/esa/socdev.

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SC/6771

FIFTY SPEAKERS, INCLUDING SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESS SECURITY COUNCIL DURING DAY-LONG OPEN MEETING ON SITUATION IN AFRICA

Secretary-General Calls for More Effective Engagement, Better Coordination Between Council, African Regional Organizations

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SC/6773

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS UNFICYP UNTIL 15 JUNE 2000

Resolution 1283 (1999) Adopted Unanimously

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SEA/1654

FOURTEENTH LAW OF THE SEA FELLOWSHIP AWARDED

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.

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SG/SM/7260

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

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