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ECOSOC/5911

SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS MADE IN THREE YEARS SINCE START OF REFORM OF UN FUNDS AND PROGRAMMES, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TOLD

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HR/CT/575

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON ARTICLE 4 OF COVENANT CONCERNING EMERGENCY SITUATIONS

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 17 July (UN Information Service) -- The Human Rights Committee this afternoon held a brief public meeting during which it discussed a draft general comment on article 4 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights concerning emergency situations.

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ECOSOC/5912

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONCLUDES GENERAL DISCUSSION OF UN OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION

Specialized Agencies Actively Participating in Council’s Work, Says Executive Director for Council Policy Coordination

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GA/COL/3037

SPECIAL DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT ON MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES

Committee Also Approves Text on Economic Activities Affecting Territories, Adopts Report on Regional Pacific Seminar

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SG/SM/7490
AFR/255

SECRETARY-GENERAL GRATIFIED BY SUCCESS OF OPERATION TO BRING UNAMSIL PEACEKEEPERS TO SAFETY

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

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ECOSOC/5909

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TAKES UP FUNDING OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT

How could so much importance be given to conference goals while resources were not made available to back them up, Nitin Desai, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs asked the Economic and Social Council this morning as he presented the report of the Secretary-General on funding operational activities for development.

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SC/6891

SECURITY COUNCIL EXPRESSES FULL SUPPORT FOR RESCUE OF UN PEACEKEEPERS IN KAILAHUN, SIERRA LEONE

The Security Council this afternoon expressed its full support for the weekend rescue, ordered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, of more than 200 peacekeepers by the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) at Kailahun, in the eastern part of the country.

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HR/CT/574

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE URGES IRELAND TO INCORPORATE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS INTO DOMESTIC LEGISLATION

(Reissued as received.)

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ECOSOC/5910

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HEARS PANEL DISCUSSION IN CELEBRATION OF 50 YEARS OF UN DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION

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SEA/1694

NODULE REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY SEABED AUTHORITY AT SECOND PART OF SIXTH SESSION, KINGSTON, 3-13 JULY

Authority Finalizes Rules of Legal and Technical Commission And Staff Regulations, Adopts $10.5 Million Budget for 2001-2002

(Received from International Seabed Authority)