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PI/1279

IN A UN FIRST, SUMMIT TO BE COVERED BY HIGH-DEFINITION TV

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WOM/1235

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN ELECTS OFFICERS

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SECURITY COUNCIL TO MEET ON 7 SEPTEMBER AT HEAD OF STATE/GOVERNMENT LEVEL TO COINCIDE WITH MILLENIUM SUMMIT

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SG/SM/7523

OLYMPIC GAMES 'A TRUE CELEBRATION OF HUMANITY', SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message to the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, which will be held in Sydney, Australia, from 15 September to 1 October:

On behalf of the United Nations, I am delighted to convey my warmest greetings to the Games of the XXVII Olympiad in Sydney.

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ENV/DEV/551

LYON TALKS TO SET STAGE FOR MAJOR CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE

BONN, 30 August (UNFCCC) -- Government delegates from some 150 countries will convene in Lyon, France, from 11-15 September to finalize preparations for the ministerial-level round of climate change negotiations to be held in The Hague, Netherlands, in November.

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SG/SM/7522

PARLIAMENTARY VOICES MUST BE HEARD IF GLOBAL DEMOCRACY IS TO THRIVE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO MEETING OF HEADS OF NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS

Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Conference of Presiding Officers of National Parliaments, organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), in New York on 30 August:

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NGO/380
PI/1279

FIFTY-THIRD ANNUAL DPI/NGO CONFERENCE CONCLUDES AT HEADQUARTERS; STATEMENT MADE BY PRESIDENT ABDELAZIZ BOUTEFLIKA OF ALGERIA

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ORG/1312

STAFF UNION URGES SAFETY AND SECURITY CONVENTION RATIFICATION IN FACE OF MORE UNITED NATIONS STAFF DEATHS

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NGO/379
PI/1278

EVOLVING VIEWS EXPRESSED BY BANKING, BUSINESS WORLDS, CIVIL SOCIETY, AS DPI/NGO CONFERENCE HOLDS THIRD PANEL DISCUSSION

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NGO/377
PI/1276

DISCUSSING ‘NEW DEMOCRATIC DIPLOMACY’, DPI/NGO CONFERENCE EXCHANGES VIEWS ON CIVIL SOCIETY PARTNERSHIP WITH STATES