Under-Secretary-General for Economic And Social Affairs Addresses Committee
Following is a statement issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General awaits the outcome of the elections in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia with keen interest.
Following are the remarks of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the Memorial Ceremony on Staff Day in New York, on 25 September:
Despite a constructive spirit of dialogue, some administering Powers continued to refuse to form a serious relationship with the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) and to place obstacles in its way, the representative of Cuba told that body, as it met this morning to begin its general debate on decolonization questions.
Following is the text of the statement of General Assembly President Harri Holkeri (Finland) at the conclusion of the general debate of the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly:
Mauritius, Nicaragua, Rwanda, United Republic of Tanzania, Venezuela, Benin, Equatorial Guninea, Uzbekistan Also Speak
In a short meeting this morning, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) elected, by acclamation, Collen Vixen Kelapile (Botswana) as its third Vice-Chairman, thus concluding the organizational part of this session. The decision was taken following consultations within the Group of African States.
Assembly Continues General Debate
Adopts Annual Report to General Assembly
(Reissued as received.)
GENEVA, 21 September (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament, the world's sole multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, today concluded its 2000 session by adopting its annual report to the General Assembly.
