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SG/SM/8202-AFR/402
19/04/2002
Press Release
SG/SM/8202
AFR/402


SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES AGREEMENT ON MADAGASCAR


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

GA/PAL/886
18/04/2002
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GA/PAL/886


DECLARATION, ISSUED AT CLOSE OF NICOSIA MEETING,


STATES ISRAELI OCCUPATION CORE OF CONFLICT


(Received from a UN Information Officer.)


NICOSIA, 17 April –- Following is the full text of the Nicosia Declaration approved at the United Nations International Meeting in Support of Middle East Peace held in Nicosia, Cyprus, 16 and 17 April:

SG/2075-AIDS/37
18/04/2002
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SG/2075
AIDS/37


SECRETARY-GENERAL TO ADDRESS BOARD OF GLOBAL FUND


TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS, MALARIA


Secretary-General Kofi Annan will address the Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria on 23 April at 12 noon in the Economic and Social Council Chamber at Headquarters in New York.  Accredited journalists are invited to attend.  The 23-member Board is holding its second meeting from 22 to 24 April in New York. 

PAL/1917
18/04/2002
Press Release
PAL/1917


CONTINUED UN CONCERN AT GAZA FOOD SHORTAGES


GAZA, 18 April (UNRWA) -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has protested to the Israeli military authorities at the tight security measures imposed on the Gaza Strip that are causing shortages of basic foodstuffs.