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SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ADDRESS TO WOMEN"S INTERNATIONAL FORUM, SAYS SHAPING UN"S FUTURE IN NEW CENTURY "VITAL EXERCISE"

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14 January 2000


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SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ADDRESS TO WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL FORUM, SAYS SHAPING UN’S FUTURE IN NEW CENTURY ‘VITAL EXERCISE’

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Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the Women’s International Forum, at Headquarters, on 14 January:

NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 12 ORGANIZATIONS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

NGO/319
17 January 2000


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NGO/319


NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 12 ORGANIZATIONS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

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The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations this morning began its resumed 1999 session, making recommendations on a series of applications by non- governmental organizations (NGOs) for accreditation with the Economic and Social Council.

COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION RECOMMENDS 13 ORGANIZATIONS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

NGO/320
17 January 2000


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NGO/320


COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION RECOMMENDS 13 ORGANIZATIONS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

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The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, a 19-member standing body of the Economic and Social Council, this afternoon recommended that 13 organization be granted special consultative status with the Council.

FRANCESC VENDRELL APPOINTED SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL AND HEAD OF SPECIAL MISSION TO AFGHANISTAN

SG/A/720
17 January 2000


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SG/A/720
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FRANCESC VENDRELL APPOINTED SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL AND HEAD OF SPECIAL MISSION TO AFGHANISTAN

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

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN MEETS AT HEADQUARTERS, 17 JANUARY û 4 FEBRUARY

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17 January 2000


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COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN MEETS AT HEADQUARTERS, 17 JANUARY – 4 FEBRUARY

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The twenty-second session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women takes place at United Nations Headquarters beginning today and running until 4 February.