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SEA/1654

FOURTEENTH LAW OF THE SEA FELLOWSHIP AWARDED

NEW YORK, 10 December (Office of Legal Affairs) -- The Legal Counsel of the United Nations has awarded the fourteenth Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Memorial Fellowship on the Law of the Sea to Fathima Razni Mulafer of Sri Lanka, with a special award to Derrick F.P. Oderson of Barbados, and has selected Salieu Kabba Sankoh of Sierra Leone as the third ranking candidate.

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PI/1209

NEW YORK, GENEVA, VIENNA TO BE LINKED FOR VIDEO-CONFERENCE ON MILLENNIUM EVENTS PLANNED BY UNITED NATIONS

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GA/EF/2905

SECOND COMMITTEE APPROVES THREE DEVELOPMENT-RELATED DRAFTS

Vote Taken, at United States Request, on Draft Text Related to 'Stable International Financial System'

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SC/6770

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF WESTERN SAHARA MISSION UNTIL 29 FEBRUARY 2000

Resolution 1282 (1999) Adopted 14-0-1 (Namibia)

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GA/SM/142
HR/4451

HUMAN RIGHTS DAY STATEMENT BY ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT TO STUDENT CONFERENCE

This is the text of a statement by the President of the General Assembly, Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia), to the Student Conference on Human Rights and the Culture of Peace of the New Millennium, held at United Nations Headquarters on 10 December:

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SG/SM/7259

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AT HEADQUARTERS, 14 DECEMBER

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ICJ/594

ICJ FINDS THAT KASIKILI/SEDUDU ISLAND FORMS PART OF TERRITORY OF BOTSWANA

THE HAGUE, 13 December (ICJ) -- Today, the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, gave its decision in the case concerning Kasikili/Sedudu Island (Botswana/Namibia).

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GA/SM/140

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, AT `THANKSGIVING YEAR’ CEREMONY, SAYS HUMAN FAMILY SHOULD UNITE IN COMPASSION AT START OF NEW CENTURY

This is the text of remarks today by the President of the General Assembly, Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia), at a Headquarters ceremony for the International Year of Thanksgiving 2000, at which a report on preparations for the Year was presented and a commemorative postage stamp unveiled:

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GA/AB/3352

FIFTH COMMITTEE DISCUSSES PROJECTS FOR DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT

Approves Decision on Budget Implications of Text on Haiti Missions; Elects Vice-Chairman

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L/2938

AS CRIMINAL COURT’S PREPARATORY COMMISSION CONTINUES WORK ON KEY TEXTS, AGREEMENTS REACHED ON SOME PROCEDURAL RULES

Varying Approaches to Crime of Aggression Gathered into Working Paper