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SC/6915

SECURITY COUNCIL HOLDS OPEN MEETING ON LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN EAST TIMOR

Council Briefed by Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping

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NGO/378
PI/1277

ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION SUBJECT OF DPI/NGO CONFERENCE PANEL DISCUSSION

The elimination of humanitarian crises should be viewed as a priority, and required enhanced efforts to address the root causes of conflicts, the fifty-third annual Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)Conference was told this afternoon.

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SG/SM/7521
AFR/267

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES AGREEMENT REACHED ON 28 AUGUST IN ARUSHA BY PARTIES TO BURUNDI PEACE PROCESS

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

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HQ/604

HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE MEETS AT REQUEST OF PERMANENT MISSION OF CUBA

The Committee on Relations with the Host Country met this morning at the request of the Permanent Mission of Cuba to discuss the subject of entry visas for the Conference of Presiding Officers of National Parliaments, which is to be held at Headquarters from 30 August to 1 September 2000.

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SG/SM/7519

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES CONCERN FOR WELL-BEING OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI, OTHER NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY LEADERS, IN MYANMAR STAND-OFF

The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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DPI TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR BROADCASTERS AND JOURNALISTS FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES BEGINS AT HEADQUARTERS

The United Nations Training Programme for Broadcasters and Journalists from Developing Countries begins its twentieth session today at Headquarters, under the direction of the Department of Public Information (DPI).

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NGO/377
PI/1276

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

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SG/SM/7520

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING MILLENNIUM SUMMIT OF RELIGIOUS, SPIRITUAL LEADERS, URGES PARTICIPANTS TO SET EXAMPLE OF INTERFAITH COOPERATION

Following is the text of the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders, delivered this morning:

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SG/SM/7517
PI/1273

GLOBAL NETWORKS ‘THE MOST PROMISING PARTNERSHIPS OF OUR GLOBALIZING AGE’, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS FIFTY-THIRD ANNUAL DPI/NGO CONFERENCE

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s opening address to the fifty-third annual DPI/NGO Conference, delivered this morning:

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NGO/376
PI/1275

DPI/NGO CONFERENCE HEARS PANEL DISCUSSSION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF ACTION PLANS OF MAJOR 1990S UNITED NATIONS AND NGO CONFERENCES