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GA/9659

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS TEXTS ON UNITED NATIONS DECADE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, CENTENNIAL OF 1899 INTERNATIONAL PEACE CONFERENCE

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PI/1199

FOURTH WORLD TELEVISION FORUM TO DRAW 750 PARTICIPANTS FROM 80 COUNTRIES; WILL LOOK AT MEDIUM’S IMPACT ON PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT

Secretary-General to Share Panel With Prominent News Anchors

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GA/SM/127
L/2935

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT HAILS ACHIEVEMENTS OF LAW DECADE

Following is the text of an address by Theo-Ben Gurirab, President of the General Assembly, to the commemorative meeting marking the end of the United Nations Decade of International Law:

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GA/SHC/3563

REFUGEES, HUMANITARIAN PERSONNEL NOW AT GREATER RISK THAN A DECADE AGO, ASSEMBLY’S SOCIAL COMMITTEE TOLD

Red Cross Official Says Environment `More Volatile’; As Debate Ends, UNHCR Director Stresses Need for Stabilization, Post-Conflict Recovery

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SG/SM/7223

SECRETARY-GENERAL INVOKES ‘DIALOGUE AMONG CIVILIZATIONS’ AT BEIJING SEMINAR

Following are remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan delivered in Beijing today to scholars at the opening of the seminar “The United Nations in the Twenty-first Century”, sponsored by the United Nations Association of China:

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SG/A/712

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS NEW FORCE COMMANDER FOR LEBANON

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GA/SHC/3561

ASSEMBLY’S SOCIAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SHOULD GIVE UP ‘SELECTIVE ATTENTION’ TO REFUGEE PROBLEMS

‘No First Class or Second Class’, Algeria Says; Iceland Describes Support System for Integrating Newcomers into Society

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POP/746*

UN POPULATION FUND SENDS MATERNAL HEALTH SUPPLIES TO ORISSA CYCLONE VICTIMS, IN RESPONSE TO GOVERNMENT APPEAL

NEW YORK, 15 November (UNFPA) -- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is shipping emergency reproductive health supplies, including equipment for the safe delivery of newborn infants, to victims of the cyclone in Orissa, India. The Fund is responding to a request for help from the state government of Orissa.

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SG/SM/7221

KOSOVO CRASH VICTIMS GAVE LIFE TO WORDS 'HUMANITARIAN IMPERATIVE', SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO ROME MEMORIAL SERVICE

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the memorial service for the victims of the World Food Programme (WFP) air crash in Kosovo, delivered on his behalf by his Chef de Cabinet, S. Iqbal Riza, in Rome on 17 November:

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FAO/66

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION REPORTS FOOD EMERGENCIES INCREASINGLY CAUSED BY MAN-MADE DISASTER