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GA/PAL/843

REVIEWING MIDDLE EAST DEVELOPMENT, PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE INVOKES FULL UN MEMBERSHIP FOR 'PALESTINE' BY SEPTEMBER 2000

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ORG/1309

UNITED NATIONS STAFF COUNCIL APPLAUDS RESCUE OF PEACEKEEPERS

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ECOSOC/5919

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ADOPTS DRAFT-AGREED CONCLUSIONS ON FOLLOW-UP TO HABITAT AGENDA GOALS

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HR/CT/580

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE STARTS CONSIDERATION OF REPORT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS IN AUSTRALIA

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 20 July (UN Information Service) -- The Human Rights Committee this afternoon started reviewing a report by the Government of Australia on its efforts to implement the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

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UNEP/73

POVERTY AND ENVIRONMENT ON G-8 SUMMIT AGENDA

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DEV/2253

LAYING GROUNDWORK FOR THIRD UN CONFERENCE ON LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, PREPARATORY COMMITTEE TO MEET AT HEADQUARTERS, 24 - 28 JULY

Policies and measures to help the progressive integration of poor countries into the world economy are among issues to be discussed by an intergovernmental body laying the groundwork for the Third United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries, to be held next year.

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GA/SM/183

PLIGHT OF CHILDREN, WOMEN'S RIGHTS, UNITED NATIONS REFORM TAKEN UP IN ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT'S CONVOCATION REMARKS

Following is the text of the convocation remarks made today by General Assembly President Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia) for the Master of Science in Management of International Public Service Organizations at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University, New York:

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ORG/1309/Rev.1*

UNITED NATIONS STAFF COUNCIL APPLAUDS RESCUE OF PEACEKEEPERS

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SG/SM/7491
SC/6893

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS CONFLICT PREVENTION SHOULD BE CORNERSTONE OF COLLECTIVE SECURITY IN TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

Following is the text of the address delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the open meeting of the Security Council on conflict prevention:

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ECOSOC/5916

UNITED STATES ANNOUNCES $1.7 BILLION IN REFUGEE RELIEF FOR COMING YEAR AS COUNCIL DEBATES ECONOMIC, HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER AID

The United States Government has allocated $1.7 billion over the coming year for refugees, the representative of that country told the Economic and Social Council this morning as it began its general discussion of special economic, humanitarian and disaster relief assistance.