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DC/2673

SIGNATORIES URGED TO TAKE CONCRETE STEPS TO ADVANCE IMPLEMENTATION OF WEST AFRICA LIGHT WEAPONS MORATORIUM

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UNEP/53

TAKING ACTION ON TRADE-RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION UNEP RELEASES SIX NEW COUNTRY-LEVEL REPORTS

SEATTLE/NAIROBI, 2 December (UNEP) -- At the third World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting in Seattle, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is releasing six new reports that demonstrate how countries can take action to address trade-related environmental degradation.

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SAG/67

FAO CHIEF SAYS HIGH LEVEL OF PRICE SUPPORT IN SOME RICHER COUNTRIES ADVERSELY AFFECTS AGRICULTURE IN POOR NATIONS

Commodity Prices Depressed; Address to WTO in Seattle Urges Reform of Trade Regulations 'Conducive to Food Security for All'

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GA/9675

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CALLS FOR STRICT COMPLIANCE WITH 1972 ABM TREATY, AS IT ADOPTS 51 DISARMAMENT, INTERNATIONAL SECURITY TEXTS

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PI/1205

WORLD AIDS DAY OBSERVANCE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS; FOCUS ON CHILDREN ORPHANED BY AIDS

Speakers Include General Assembly President, Deputy Secretary-General, United States First Lady, UNAIDS Executive Director

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DSG/SM/80

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS INACTION ON AIDS NO LONGER AN OPTION; AFRICA FACING DISASTER WITHOUT PARALLEL IN HUMAN HISTORY

UN Symposium Statement Stresses Plight of Orphans of Disease, Resulting Strain on Government Services as Safety Nets Unravel

This is the text of remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the symposium at Headquarters today in observance of World AIDS Day:

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GA/SM/134

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS AFRICA, ITS ECONOMIC PROGRESS WIPED OUT BY AIDS, IS ‘RUSHING TO INDESCRIBABLE DEVELOPMENT CATASTROPHE’

Orphans of Disease Number Millions, Life Expectancy of People in Southern Africa Being Pushed Down; Continued Global Attention Needed

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GA/EF/2900

WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT, SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT, BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, AMONG 14 TEXTS APPROVED BY SECOND COMMITTEE

The General Assembly would call on the United Nations system to integrate gender mainstreaming into all its programmes and policies, as proposed by one of 14 texts approved this morning by the Second Committee (Economic and Financial).

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SG/SM/7244
AFR/194

SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES PRESTIGE AND AUTHORITY OF NELSON MANDELA WILL LEAD TO REINVIGORATION OF BURUNDI PEACE PROCESS

Designation as Mediator, After Death of Julius Nyerere, Is Welcomed; Urgent Need for Negotiated Settlement Stressed

This is the text of a statement today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

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GA/9674

ASSEMBLY URGES PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF PALESTINE QUESTION DECLARES ISRAEL’S JURISDICTION OVER JERUSALEM VOID

Adopts Six Texts; Concludes Discussion of Middle East, Palestine

The General Assembly this morning reaffirmed the necessity of achieving a peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine, which it identified once more as the core of the Arab-Israeli conflict.