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SOC/NAR/814

JAPANESE POP STAR, TETSUYA KOMURO, TO BE NAMED MESSENGER FOR 'MUSIC AGAINST DRUGS'

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DCF/393

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT CONCLUDES FIRST PART OF YEAR 2000 SESSION; SPEAKERS DECRY CONTINUING STALEMATE ON STARTING SUBSTANTIVE WORK

GENEVA, 23 March (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament completed this morning the first part of its 2000 session with Member States expressing concern about the forum's continued inability to reach agreement on a work programme.

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OS/1764

OUTER SPEACE LEGAL SUBCOMMITTEE TO HOLD THIRTY-NINTH SESION IN VIENNA, 27 MARCH - 7 APRIL

To Review Concept of ‘Launching State’ and Adherence to Outer Space Treaties

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SEA/1664

SEABED ASSEMBLY ADOPTS FINANCIAL REGULATIONS, ELECTS MALTA TO COUNCIL, HEARS TRIBUTES TO ELLIOT RICHARDSON

(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)

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HR/CT/557

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TAKES UP REPORT OF GUYANA ON COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS

The Human Rights Committee met this afternoon to review the second periodic report of Guyana on its compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

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SC/6833

SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS TO CONSIDER HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN IRAQ; SECRETARY-GENERAL DESCRIBES ‘MORAL DILEMMA’ FOR UNITED NATIONS

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DSG/SM/90
AFR/218

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS DIVISIONS, VIOLENCE IN SIERRA LEONE MUST BE 'RELEGATED TO THE PAST, ONCE AND FOR ALL'

Following is the text of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fr,chette's remarks to a donor's conference on Sierra Leone, which will be held in London on 27 March:

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POP/757

WORLD POPULATION GROWTH WILL OCCUR IN URBAN AREAS OF WORLD, UNITED NATIONS REPORT STATES

NEW YORK, 23 March (DESA) -- Virtually all population growth from now until 2030 will be concentrated in the urban areas of the world. By 2007, the number of urban dwellers is also expected to exceed the number of rural dwellers for the first time in history.

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SG/SM/7338
SC/6834

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS SECURITY COUNCIL SHOULD SEEK EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO ALLEVIATE SUFFERING OF PEOPLE OF IRAQ

Kofi Annan Particularly Concerned about Situation of Iraqi Children

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement to the Security Council today at Headquarters on the humanitarian situation in Iraq:

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ORG/1300

UNITED NATIONS STAFF UNION APPEALS TO GOVERNMENTS TO SECURE FREEDOM OF DETAINED STAFFERS

The following is the statement of United Nations Staff Union President Mehri Madarshahi issued on the occasion of the Day of Solidarity with Detained Staff Members, 25 March: