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WOM/1185

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR JUNE SPECIAL ASSEMBLY SESSION BEGINS WORK

3 March 2000


Press Release
WOM/1185


PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR JUNE SPECIAL ASSEMBLY SESSION BEGINS WORK

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Hears Statements by Deputy Secretary-General, Under-Secretary-General For Economic and Social Affairs, and Special Adviser on Gender Issues

DSG/SM/87/Rev.1*

'NO TURNING BACK' FROM MILESTONE OF 1995 BEIJING WOMEN'S CONFERENCE DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS PREPARATORY COMMITTEE

3 March 2000


Press Release
DSG/SM/87/Rev.1*
WOM/1188/Rev.1*


'NO TURNING BACK' FROM MILESTONE OF 1995 BEIJING WOMEN'S CONFERENCE DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS PREPARATORY COMMITTEE

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Following are the remarks of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the third session of the Preparatory Committee for the General Assembly Special Session entitled "Women 2000 : Gender, Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty-first Century":

DEV/2233

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION, UN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, TO HOLD MEETING OF INFORMATION CENTRE DIRECTORS AT HEADQUARTERS, 6-7 MARCH

3 March 2000


Press Release
DEV/2233
PI/1227


DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION, UN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, TO HOLD MEETING OF INFORMATION CENTRE DIRECTORS AT HEADQUARTERS, 6-7 MARCH

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Strengthening the partnership between the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will be the focus of a meeting of Directors of United Nations Information Centres (UNICs) at Headquarters from 6 to 7 March.

DC/2687

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR 2001 SMALL ARMS CONFERENCE CONCLUDES FIRST SESSION, DEFERS DECISION ON DATE, VENUE

3 March 2000


Press Release
DC/2687


PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR 2001 SMALL ARMS CONFERENCE CONCLUDES FIRST SESSION, DEFERS DECISION ON DATE, VENUE

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The Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects this evening, 3 March, decided to defer its decision on the dates and venue of the Conference until the 2000 session of the General Assembly, as the Committee concluded its first session.