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Committee on NGOs                                          

Fifty-eighth General Assembly                              

Brazil submits information to commission regarding

outer limits of its extended continental shelf

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS FROM ROMANIA,

AS WELL AS INCOMING AND OUTGOING PRESIDENTS

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SEABED AUTHORITY ENDS TENTH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL SESSION

with EXPERT PANEL on FUTURE DIRECTIONS

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KINGSTON, 26 May (International Seabed Authority) -- The International Seabed Authority today concluded the two-day observance of its tenth anniversary with a second panel discussion by experts on its future directions and prospects.

UN RESPONDS TO HUMANITARIAN NEEDS IN NIGERIA

NEW YORK, 26 May (OCHA) -- In the wake of inter-communal violence that has reportedly left nearly 500 dead and some 50,000 displaced, United Nations humanitarian agencies are bringing aid to people in Bauchi and NassarawaStates.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly                              

EXPERTS ASSESS ACHIEVEMENTS OF SEABED AUTHORITY, AS COMMEMORATION

OF AUTHORITY’S TENTH ANNIVERSARY CONTINUES

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KINGSTON, 25 May (International Seabed Authority) -- The achievements of the International Seabed Authority were reviewed this afternoon in Kingston, in the first of two panel discussions organized by the Authority as part of its tenth anniversary celebrations, which began Tuesday morning.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SUDAN POLITICAL, POWER-SHARING AGREEMENTS

AS ‘MAJOR STEP FORWARD’, URGES PROGRESS ON DARFUR

Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS SEABED AUTHORITY’s INSPIRING WORK, JAMAICAN Prime

Minister PLEDGES continued SUPPORT, During TENTH ANNIVERSARY Commemoration

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