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HR/4458

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR 2001 GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION ON CHILDREN'S SUMMIT, AT HEADQUARTERS, 7 - 8 FEBRUARY

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SG/SM/7293

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED TO LEARN TWO CIVILIANS KILLED AND FIVE WOUNDED DURING ATTACK ON UNHCR BUS YESTERDAY

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

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SPOKESMAN’S OFFICE ISSUES NEW POLICY FOR EMBARGOED DOCUMENTS

The Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General of the United Nations will distribute embargoed copies of selected documents according to the following new policy.

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TAD/1901

TENTH SESSION OF UN CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT IN BANGKOK 12-19 FEBRUARY

Globalization Under Fire, As Conference Meets To Consider Development Strategies for New Century

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SG/SM/7294
GA/PAL/817

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S STATEMENT AT OPENING OF 2000 SESSION OF COMMITTEE ON EXERCISE OF INALIENABLE RIGHTS OF PALESTINIAN PEOPLE

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement this afternoon at the opening of the 2000 session of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People:

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SC/6799

HEAD OF UN TRANSITIONAL ADMINISTRATION IN EAST TIMOR BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL

Describes Improved Internal Security, But Says Poverty `Calamitous'; Asks for Quick Release of Resources

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GA/PAL/816

COMMITTEE ON EXERCISE OF INALIENABLE RIGHTS OF PALESTINIAN PEOPLE OPENS 2000 SESSION

Secretary-General Addresses Committee; 1999 Bureau Re-elected; Programme of Work Approved

The Secretary-General arrived in Geneva, from Moscow on the evening of Saturday, 29 January.

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SG/SM/7292
DC/2676

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES IMMEDIATE NEED FOR NEW AND EFFECTIVE MEASURES FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT AND NON-PROLIFERATION

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, which was delivered today in New York:

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L/T/4343
SOC/CP/213

UNITED NATIONS SPEARHEADING FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION

VIENNA, 2 January (UN Information Service) -- United Nations Member States, meeting in Vienna, unanimously advocated a new United Nations Convention against corruption.