Kosovo Conflict Hot Spots Cleaned Up as UNEP closes

environmental clean-up operations in Serbia

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BELGRADE/NAIROBI, 7 May (UNEP) -- Two of the health-threatening environmental “hot-spots” identified for urgent remedial action in the wake of the Kosovo Conflict in 1999 have been satisfactorily dealt with.

Security Council                                           

UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE TO PRESENT REPORT ON SITUATION IN IRAQ ON 31 MAY

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UN WORKSHOP ON SPACE TECHNOLOGY USE TO BE HELD IN TEHRAN, 8 – 12 MAY

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MASSIVE DISPLACEMENT OF POPULATION REPORTED IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

(Translated from French.)

United Nations Space Body Holds Training Course On Remote Sensing Education

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RUSSIA, AZERBAIJAN SIGN ASIAN HIGHWAY AGREEMENT

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WESTERN ASIA PREPARATORY MEETING FOR ELEVENTH CONGRESS

ON CRIME PREVENTION CONCLUDES IN BEIRUT

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Fifty-eighth General Assembly                              

SECRETARY-GENERAL ASSURES OIL-FOR-FOOD INQUIRY

OF FULL COOPERATION OF ALL UN STAFF

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