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GA/9834

IN RECORDED VOTE, ASSEMBLY ADOPTS TEXT ON SOUTH ATLANTIC ZONE OF PEACE

Adopts 3 Drafts Without Vote, Confirms UNIFEM Committee Appointments

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GA/PAL/849

SECRETARY-GENERAL, NOTING RECENT TURMOIL, SAYS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST HELP PALESTINIANS, ISRAELIS IN ‘HISTORIC QUEST FOR PEACE’

Solidarity Observance Told of ‘Despair, Frustration’ in Occupied Territories; PLO Chairman States Terms on Which Authority Still Committed to Peace Process

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SC/6965

SECURITY COUNCIL WELCOMES RETURN TO PEACE AND DEMOCRACY IN GUINEA-BISSAU

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GA/EF/2945

SECOND COMMITTEE TAKES UP HIGH-LEVEL INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL CONSIDERATION OF FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT

Also Approves Texts on International Financial Architecture; Convention on Biological Diversity; and UN Staff College in Turin

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PROGRAMME FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DISABLED PERSONS TO STRESS NEED FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

The theme of this year's International Day of Disabled Persons -- to be observed on Sunday (3 December) -- will be "Making information technologies work for all."

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SG/SM/7648
OBV/185

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS BIG GAP EXISTS BETWEEN PROMISES ON HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND RESOURCES MADE AVAILABLE

Message for Human Rights Day 2000

Following is the text of a statement made by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of Human Rights Day, commemorated on 10 December 2000:

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GA/9835

ASSEMBLY, OPENING DEBATE ON QUESTION OF PALESTINE, HEARS CALL FOR ENHANCED UN INVOLVEMENT IN CURRENT MIDDLE EAST SITUATION

Chairman of Palestinian Rights Committee Introduces Four Draft Texts

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GA/SM/222
OBV/183

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, IN WORLD AIDS DAY STATEMENT, COMMENDS THEME THIS YEAR OF ‘MEN MAKE A DIFFERENCE’

Says Rate of Infection Remains High, with Young People Most at Risk; Perception of Protection as ‘Unmanly’ Should Be Dispelled

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SG/SM/7646
OBV/182

SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES FULL COMMITMENT OF UNITED NATIONS TO SUPPORTING PARTIES THROUGH MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement today at Headquarters at a meeting of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held to commemorate the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People:

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GA/EF/2946

SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT ON HIGH-LEVEL FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT EVENT