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WOM/1166

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF MYANMAR REPORT

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IAEA/1341

ATOMIC ENERGY INSPECTORS CONCLUDE NUCLEAR MATERIALS INSPECTION IN IRAQ

GENEVA, 26 January (IAEA) –- A physical inventory verification of nuclear material remaining at the Tuwaitha site in Iraq was carried out by a five-person International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team between 22 and 25 January, pursuant to the Safeguards Agreement with Iraq in connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).

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SG/SM/7288

SPECIAL ADVISER FOR ASSISTANCE TO COLUMBIA VISITS COLOMBIA 17-20 JANUARY

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

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ECO/15
PI/1219

BUSINESS CALLS FOR STRENGTHENED UNITED NATIONS

The international business community is urging governments to support the effectiveness, authority and resource base of the United Nations, while the world body continues its streamlining institutional reform, in a statement presented today to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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SC/6791

SECURITY COUNCIL, IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, EXPRESSES DETERMINATION TO SUPPORT LUSAKA PEACE AGREEMENT IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

The Security Council this afternoon expressed its determination to support implementation of the July 1999 Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its intention to act promptly along the lines recommended by the Secretary-General in his report to the Council.

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NGO/332

COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS RECOMMENDS THAT ASSYRIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS

Acting by vote this morning, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations decided to recommend that the Economic and Social Council not accept the application of the Assyrian National Congress for consultative status.

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WOM/1165

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF JORDAN’S REPORTS

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HR/4455

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT WELCOMES AGREEMENT ON MIMIMUM AGE FOR PARTICIPATION IN CONFLICT

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SG/SM/7287
AFR/203

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ANNOUNCEMENT BY AUTHORITIES IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE OF PROGRAMME TO RETURN COUNTRY TO CONSTITUTIONAL RULE

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

The Secretary-General welcomes the official announcement by the authorities in Côte d’Ivoire of a programme to return the country to constitutional rule.

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WOM/1164

NEED TO MODIFY CULTURAL PRACTICES HARMFUL TO WOMEN IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO STRESSED BY DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE EXPERTS