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DC/2725

SECOND MEETING OF STATES PARTIES TO MINE-BAN CONVENTION CONCLUDES SESSION

Adopts Declaration Deploring Continued Use of Anti-Personnel Mines, Calls on States to Ratify Convention, Respect Their Commitments

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SG/SM/7551
IAEA/1344

ADDRESSING 44TH GENERAL CONFERENCE OF IAEA, SECRETARY-GENERAL REVIEWS PAST SUCCESSES, FUTURE RISKS IN NUCLEAR FIELD

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the forty-fourth International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference, delivered by Steinar B. Bjornsson, Director, Division of Administrative and Common Services, United Nations Office at Vienna, on Monday, 18 September:

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GA/9771

CONTINUING GENERAL DEBATE, ASSEMBLY HEARS STATEMENTS ON MIDEAST SECURITY, STRATEGIC STABILITY, HORN OF AFRICA

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GA/9769

SPEAKERS IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S DEBATE ADDRESS ISSUES OF STATE SOVEREIGNTY, PROBLEMS OF GLOBALIZATION

Prime Minister of Fiji, Foreign Ministers of Czech Republic, San Marino, Turkey, Hungary, Slovenia, Oman, Suriname Make Statements

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GA/9770

REGIONAL SECURITY COOPERATION, TRAFFIC IN SMALL ARMS, CONFLICT DIAMONDS AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED, AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE

Hears from Eight Foreign Ministers

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GA/9768

SPEAKERS IN ASSEMBLY DEBATE ADDRESS DISARMAMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS, DEVELOPMENT AND GENDER ISSUES

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SG/SM/7552
AFG/121

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ‘SIX PLUS TWO’ GROUP REMAINS ESSENTIAL FORUM FOR SOLUTION OF AFGHAN QUESTION

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement today at Headquarters to the “Six plus Two” meeting on Afghanistan:

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SC/6921*

SECURITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZES 4,200 TROOPS FOR ETHIOPIA-ERITREA MISSION ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1320 (2000) UNANIMOUSLY

The Security Council this morning authorized the deployment of up to 4,200 troops, including 220 military observers, for the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE). It also mandated the mission until March 2001.

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GA/SHC/3572

THIRD COMMITTEE ELECTS ONE VICE-CHAIR; DEFERS FILLING REMAINING SEATS

Substantive Work to Begin 25 September

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GA/9767

SOMALIA’S PRESIDENT DESCRIBES FIRST STEP IN NEW ERA OF PEACE, STABILITY AS FIFTY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUES DEBATE

Foreign Ministers of Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Portugal, Iceland, United Arab Emirates, Cuba, New Zealand, Côte d’Ivoire, Iran Also Speak