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IK/294

GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION APPROVES AWARDS OF $148,051,137 FOR COMPENSATION AT THIRTY-SIXTH SESSION

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SG/SM/7454

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SOUTH-NORTH JOINT DECLARATION ISSUED AT CONCLUSION OF HISTORIC KOREAN SUMMIT

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

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SG/SM/7452

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REMARKS ON RECEIVING 2000 PATH TO PEACE AWARD

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks on receiving the 2000 Path to Peace Award, which he will deliver tonight in New York:

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SG/A/734
PKO/89

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS MAJOR-GENERAL MANUEL SAAVEDRA, OF URUGUAY, AS UNMOGIP CHIEF MILITARY OBSERVER

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

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WOM/1217

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF IRAQ REPORTS

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PI/1257

MILLENNIUM UN WORLD TELEVISION FORUM TO FOCUS ON COVERGENCE WITH INTERNET, 16-17 NOVEMBER

Will Also Discuss Bridging 'Digital Divide'

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SG/SM/7453
AFR/245

UN ISSUES CLARIFICATION ON ZIMBABWE –- NO ELECTION MONITORS PRESENT; NONE WITHDRAWN

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

Reports that the United Nations has pulled out its election observers from Zimbabwe are not true. The United Nations had not sent and did not have any observers in Zimbabwe.

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SG/SM/7451

SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEASED BY ELECTIONS IN HAITI, BUT CONCERNED BY ARRESTS, IRREGULARITIES

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

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SC/6875

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS UNFICYP MANDATE UNTIL 15 DECEMBER

Resolution 1303 (2000) Adopted Unanimously

Unanimously adopting resolution 1303 (2000), the Security Council this afternoon extended the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) until 15 December.

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WOM/1216

WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TAKES UP SECOND, THIRD PERIODIC REPORTS OF IRAQ

The representative of Iraq introduced her country’s second and third periodic reports on compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women this morning, highlighting for the monitoring body the effect on Iraq’s women and children of the 10-year economic embargo placed on her country.