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SG/SM/7636

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS GAZA STRIP VIOLENCE

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

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GA/AB/3412

OVERSIGHT OFFICE REPORTS TAKEN UP BY FIFTH COMMITTEE

The increase in the activities over the past year of the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) was testimony to the fact that the groundwork of almost six years had borne fruit, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) was told as it took up its agenda item on the activities of that Office.

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SC/6957

IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, COUNCIL EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR UN DEVELOPMENT IN ERITREA, ETHIOPIA

Stresses That Mission Will Contribute to ‘Positive Climate’ For Negotiation -- Not Replace Need For Final, Comprehensive Settlement

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GA/PAL/846

COMMITTEE APPROVES FOUR DRAFTS ON PALESTINIAN RIGHTS

Taking action on four draft resolutions this morning, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People approved one text by which the General Assembly would stress the necessity for commitment to the principle of land for peace, and to the implementation of Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973).

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GA/9829

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS 49 DISARMAMENT, INTERNATIONAL SECURITY TEXTS ON RECOMMENDATION OF ITS FIRST COMMITTEE

ABM Treaty, Nuclear Proliferation, Small Arms Among Issues Addressed; Also Decides on 2001 Special Session to Review World Children’s Summit

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SG/SM/7632

MILITARY OPERATIONS SHOULD NOT BE DESCRIBED AS HUMANITARIAN ACTION, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SYMPOSIUM

Following is the text of opening remarks made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to an International Peace Academy Symposium on Humanitarian Action, also attended by Foreign Minister of the Netherlands, Jozias van Aartsen:

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SG/2031/Rev.3*
BIO/3053/Rev.3*

KOFI A. ANNAN, UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Kofi Annan of Ghana is the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations. The first Secretary-General to be elected from the ranks of United Nations staff, he began his term on 1 January 1997.

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GA/EF/2942

SECOND COMMITTEE HEARS INTRODUCTION OF TEXTS ON EXTERNAL DEBT, TRAINING AND RESEARCH, GLOBALIZATION AND INTERDEPENDENCE

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SG/SM/7633
DC/2729

SECRETARY-GENERAL, SPEAKING OF ‘WORLD AWASH WITH SMALL ARMS’, PRESENTS REPORT ON WEAPONS DESTRUCTION TO SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

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GA/9828

ASSEMBLY HEARS REPORTS FROM INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS FOR RWANDA, FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

Despite Recent Progress, Problems Persist