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GA/AB/3324

FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP REPORT OF INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION

The International Civil Service Commission should explore ways of establishing family-friendly human resources policies, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) was told, as it began its consideration of the report of that Commission and several related notes from the Secretary-General, under its agenda item on the United Nations common system.

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GA/SHC/3539

SPECIAL EFFORTS ARE NEEDED FOR RECOVERY OF CHILD SOLDIERS, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD DURING DEBATE ON CHILDREN'S RIGHTS

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ECOSOC/5877

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY EMERGING AS ONE OF GREATEST CHALLENGES OF THE TIMES

Dialogue Between Economic and Social Council Ambassadors and International Monetary Fund Executives Opens

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GA/L/3122

LEGAL COMMITTEE CONSIDERS BEARING OF GLOBAL COMMERCIAL TRENDS ON QUESTION OF JURISDICTIONAL IMMUNITY OF STATES

The Sixth Committee (Legal) this morning continued its consideration of the International Law Commission's proposals for resolving outstanding questions related to the draft articles on jurisdictional immunities of States and their property, which are annexed to the Commission's annual report.

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GA/EF/2880

MANAGING FORCES OF GLOBALIZATION WOULD MAXIMIZE BENEFITS, MINIMIZE NEGATIVE FALLOUT OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION

As Second Committee Weighs Globalization, Interdependence, Norway Proposes Long-Term Social Investment As Solution to Inequities

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GA/SHC/3537

THIRD COMMITTEE DISCUSSES WAYS TO PROTECT CHILDREN

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HQ/599

COMMITTEE ON RELATIONS WITH HOST COUNTRY DEFERS ADOPTION OF DRAFT REPORT

Malaysia Announced as Nineteenth Committee Member, Pending Assembly Endorsement

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SG/SM/7198

COST-EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT, EFFICIENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, KEYS TO HEALTHY UN SYSTEM, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS OVERSIGHT BODIES

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement to the third tripartite meeting of the Board of Auditors, the Joint Inspection Unit and the Office of Internal Oversight Services in New York on 27 October:

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GA/AB/3322

FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP PROPOSED PROGRAMME BUDGET FOR 2000-2001 BIENNIUM

Secretary-General Introduces $2.535 Billion Budget Proposal

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GA/L/3121

DEBATE ON JURISDICTIONAL IMMUNITIES OF STATES AND THEIR PROPERTY BEGINS IN SIXTH COMMITTEE

United Kingdom Proposes Drafting Model Law Rather Than Codifying Rules

The Sixth Committee (Legal) this afternoon began consideration of the International Law Commission's work on the question of jurisdictional immunities of States and their property, as described in the Commission's annual report.