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GA/9719

TWENTY-THIRD SPECIAL ASSEMBLY SESSION CONTINUES REVIEW OF PROGRESS MADE SINCE FOURTH WORLD SUMMIT ON WOMEN

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GA/9717

GROWING AWARENESS MOST PRESSING WOMEN’S PROBLEMS LACK SOLUTIONS, CUBA TELLS ‘WOMEN 2000’ GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION

Cites ‘Feminization’ of Poverty, North/South Technological Gap, As 18 More Speakers Address Implementation of 1995 Beijing Action Plan

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WOM/1208

INTERNATIONAL STATUS REPORT: ONLY 8 NATIONS CLOSE GENDER GAP IN LEGISLATURES AND GIRLS’ EDUCATION

United States behind with Low Percentage of Women in Congress But Leads with Highest Share of Women in Economic Decision-Making Positions

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IHA/706

FRIBOURG FORUM ON CRISIS MANAGEMENT TO DISCUSS THORNY ISSUES, DUPLICATION OF MANDATES AND OBSTACLES TO RAPID DELIVERY OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE

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GA/9718

UNSCEAR FOCUSES ON CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY REPORT

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GA/SM/171
WOM/1202

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT TELLS ‘WOMEN 2000’ SPECIAL SESSION ‘VICTORY IS CERTAIN’ IN GALLANT STRUGGLE FOR WOMEN’S EQUALITY

Following is the statement by the President of the General Assembly, Theo- Ben Gurirab (Namibia), to the twenty-third special session of the Assembly “Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty-first Century” on 5 June:

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UNEP/70

UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ISSUES WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY MESSAGE

NAIROBI/ADELAIDE, 5 June (UNEP) -- Every year on 5 June, we celebrate World Environment Day -- an occasion when people the world over come together to demonstrate their commitment to the protection of the environment.

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GA/9714

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OPENS FIVE-DAY ‘WOMEN 2000’ SPECIAL SESSION, WITH FOCUS ON GENDER EQUALITY, DEVELOPMENT, PEACE

Secretary-General Says ‘Future of This Planet Depends on Women’

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SEA/1682

COMMISSION ON THE LIMITS OF THE CONTINENTAL SHELF COMPLETES SEVENTH SESSION

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SG/SM/7432
WOM/1207

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS GATHERING OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS WOMEN'S BEIJING ACTION PLAN CANNOT BE IMPLEMENTED WITHOUT THEM

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the 5 June gathering of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on the occasion of the General Assembly special session "Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty-first Century":