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SG/A/731
REC/88

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS DANUTA HUBNER OF POLAND EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE

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GA/SM/163
OBV/140

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, IN MESSAGE ON WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY, SAYS ‘NO DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY CAN EXIST WITHOUT A FREE PRESS’

Following is the message of the President of the General Assembly, Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia), on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, which is observed 3 May:

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SG/SM/7376
AFR/221

SECRETARY-GENERAL, RECEIVING HONOURARY DEGREE IN YAOUNDE, CAMEROON HIGHLIGHTS KEYS TO AFRICA’S FULL PARTICIPATION IN GLOBAL ECONOMY

Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, upon receiving the degree of “Docteur Honoris Causa en Relations Internationales” from the University of Yaounde II, in Yaounde, Cameroon on 2 May:

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DC/2704

CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY CALLS FOR PROTECTION OF COASTAL STATES AGAINST ACCIDENTS INCURRED DURING HIGH-SEAS TRANSPORTATION OF NUCLEAR WASTES

NPT Parties Conclude General Debate; 24 Ministerial-Level Statements among 93 States Parties Addressing Conference

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SG/A/731/Rev.1*
REC/88/Rev.1*

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS DANUTA HUBNER OF POLAND EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE

The Secretary-General travelled to Bangui from Gabon in the afternoon of Sunday, 30 April, to begin the first-ever visit of a United Nations Secretary- General to the Central African Republic.

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DC/2702

IRAQ CHARGES UNITED STATES, UNITED KINGDOM WITH USE OF DEPLETED URANIUM IN 1991 GULF WAR; ALSO IN ‘AGGRESSION’ AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA

Calls for Right to Demand Compensation; Kenya Says Radioactive-Waste Dumping ‘Defies Minimum Human Decency’

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ORG/1302

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN MAY 2000

The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in May, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month:

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Banjul in the morning of Friday, 28 April, for the first-ever visit by a Secretary-General to the Gambia.

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HR/4469

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE TO HOLD TWENTY-FOURTH SESSION AT PALAIS DES NATIONS, 1 TO 19 MAY

Panel Scheduled to Consider Reports from Poland, Portugal, China, Paraguay, Armenia, El Salvador, United States, Netherlands and Slovenia