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WOM/1215

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN BEGINS THREE-WEEK SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS

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NGO/351

COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS BEGINS SECOND PART OF 2000 SESSION

The Committee of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) this afternoon began the second part of its 2000 session scheduled for 12 to 23 June.

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PI/1256

LIBRARIES IN CHINA, PALAU, PORTUGAL AND REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA DESIGNATED UNITED NATIONS DEPOSITORY LIBRARIES

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GA/9725

GENERAL ASSEMBLY REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO 1995 BEIJING CONFERENCE GOALS, AS ‘WOMEN 2000’ SPECIAL SESSION CONCLUDES AT HEADQUARTERS

Adopts Political Declaration, ‘Further Actions and Initiatives’; Assembly President Notes ‘No Backward Movement’ on Language of Beijing

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SG/SM/7447

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES INDIGNATION, SHOCK AT CONTINUED FIGHTING IN KISANGANI

The following statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan was issued by his Spokesman on Saturday, 10 June:

I wish to express my deep indignation and shock that fighting in Kisangani is continuing, with the loss of an estimated 100 civilian lives, including schoolchildren, and more than 1,000 casualties.

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GA/SM/173

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT EXPRESSES SHOCK, SADNESS AT DEATH OF PRESIDENT HAFEZ AL-ASSAD OF SYRIA

Following is the 10 June statement of the President of the General Assembly, Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia), on the death of President Hafez Al-Assad of Syria:

It was with shock and deep sadness that I learnt today of the passing of President Hafez Al-Assad of the Syrian Arab Republic, at the age of 69.

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SG/SM/7448
WOM/1214

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DELIGHTED’ AT OUTCOME OF BEIJING PLUS FIVE NEGOTIATIONS

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

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SG/SM/7446

SECRETARY-GENERAL PROFOUNDLY SADDENED BY DEATH OF SYRIAN PRESIDENT

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

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GA/9724

GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION 'WOMEN 2000' CONTINUES BEIJING DEBATE HEARING 16 SPEAKERS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF 1995 BEIJING CONFERENCE

The special session of the General Assembly -- "Women 2000, Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty-first Century" -- continued its review of the implementation of the Platform for Action adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing, 1995) this morning, hearing from 16 speakers.

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SG/SM/7439/Rev.1*

KOFI ANNAN CALLS FOR SHARED VALUES OF FREEDOM, TOLERANCE AND NON- VIOLENCE IN ADDRESS TO ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address this evening to the seventeenth National Convention of the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee in Arlington, Virginia: