NEW YORK, 8 December (UNRWA) -- The United Nations is today observing the passage of 50 years since the General Assembly, on 8 December 1949, adopted resolution 302 (IV) establishing the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
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Following is the text of a message from Mary Robinson, UNHCR, to be delivered on 10 December in observance of Human Rights Day 1999:
The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
On page 1 of Press Release ECOSOC/5876 issued 26 October, the fifth paragraph should read as follows:
Following is the text of a statement by Theo-Ben Gurirab, President of the General Assembly, to the Pledging Conference for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), delivered on 8 December:
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