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SG/SM/7649
OBV/188

DESPITE ABOLITION EFFORTS, SLAVERY PERSISTS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, CALLING FOR UNITED ACTION TO OUTLAW ALL FORMS

Message for International Day Notes New Challenges Involving Children, Sexual Exploitation, Migrant Workers, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking

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DC/2731

DISARMAMENT COMMISSION HOLDS ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING, DECIDES ON DATE, ISSUES FOR SUBSTANTIVE SESSION

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GA/EF/2947

SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES SIX DRAFT RESOLUTIONS, ONE DRAFT DECISION

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SC/6968

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED BY RESOLUTION 1267 (1999) CONCERNING AFGHANISTAN REAFFIRMS ITS PROCEDURES FOR HUMANITARIAN FLIGHTS

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GA/9838

ASSEMBLY ADOPTS SIX RESOLUTIONS BY RECORDED VOTE ON PALESTINE QUESTION, SITUATION IN MIDDLE EAST

The General Assembly this morning adopted six resolutions by recorded vote -- two on the situation in the Middle East and four on the question of Palestine -- as it concluded its consideration of those items.

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L/2967

PREPARATORY COMMISSION FOR INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT IS TOLD DEFINITION OF ‘CRIME OF AGGRESSION’ STILL UNDER REVIEW

Working Group Chairman Reports on Discussions; Updates Also Offered On Financial Arrangements, Relationship of New Body with United Nations

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SG/SM/7650
AFR/280

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES DISMAY AT DISQUALIFICATION OF CANDIDATE FROM CÔTE D’IVOIRE ELECTIONS

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

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PI/1310

DAG HAMMARSKJÖLD LIBRARY LAUNCHES SPECIALIZED WEB SITE FOR SMALL AND FIELD LIBRARIES

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GA/9837

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, OPENING MIDDLE EAST DEBATE, RECEIVES TEXTS ON GOLAN HEIGHTS, ADMINISTRATION OF JERUSALEM

Recent Violence Deplored, Resumption of Negotiations Urged; Speakers Challenge Israeli Settlement Policies, Occupation of Arab Territories

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DC/2730

BRASILIA MEETING ON ILLEGAL SMALL ARMS TRADE SEEKS COMMON REGIONAL APPROACH TO PROBLEM