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MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN REACH IN ASIA , SAYS UN/ADB REPORT

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INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC GOODS CONFERENCE OPENS AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY

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VIENNA, 7 September (UNIDO) -- The Conference on International Public Goods for Economic Development started today at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, in Cambridge, United States.

‘DRAMATIC SCALING UP OF ACTION’ NEEDED NOW TO REACH MILLENNIUM GOALS BY 2015,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN STATEMENT ON LAUNCH OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT

Following is today’s statement by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the launch of the Human Development Report 2005:

UNIS VIENNA , AUSTRIAN DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION LAUNCH

UNDP HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2005 IN VIENNA

Focus on International Cooperation

At Crossroads:  Aid, Trade, Security in Unequal World

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IN STATEMENT TO SECURITY COUNCIL, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES ‘VITAL IMPORTANCE’

OF UN MANAGEMENT REFORMS, INCLUDING CLEAR DEFINITION OF RESPONSIBILITIES

Following is today’s statement by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council:

UN YOUTH FORUM 2005 GIVES YOUTH A VOICE

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Security Council

5256^th Meeting (AM)

INDEPENDENT INQUIRY FINDS MALADMINISTRATION, EVIDENCE OF CORRUPTION

IN UN ‘OIL-FOR-FOOD’ PROGRAMME, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

But Report Also Cites Programme’s Success in Restoring Health

UN CONSULTATIONS IN SRI LANKA MEANT TO REINFORCE NORWEGIAN EFFORTS

IN SUPPORT OF PEACE PROCESS

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

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN RESOURCES NEEDED, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS

LONDON REPLENISHMENT MEETING OF GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS

Following is today’s statement by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the replenishment meeting of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in London:

EXPERTS DISCUSS NON-TARIFF BARRIERS TO TRADE

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