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SC/6747

SECURITY COUNCIL, VOTING CONCURRENTLY WITH GENERAL ASSEMBLY, ELECTS FIVE MEMBERS TO INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

Judges from Jordan, France, United Kingdom, Venezuela, Madagascar

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GA/EF/2887

AFRICAN HOPES OF REVERSING MARGINALIZATION DEPENDENT ON RECOVERY, GROWTH OF MANUFACTURING, COMMITTEE HEARS

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IAEA/1340

ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY DIRECTOR-GENERAL CALLS FOR NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL ACTION ON GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES FOR RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL

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GA/AB/3330

NEED FOR ADEQUATE RESOURCES FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY AFFAIRS AND CONFERENCE SERVICES STRESSED IN FIFTH COMMITTEE

Committee Begins Part by Part Consideration of Proposed 2000-2001 Programme Budget

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GA/SHC/3545

EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF WOMEN MIGRANT WORKERS ARE URGED BY SOCIAL COMMITTEE

Approved Text Also Seeks Strategies to That End, Based on National Experience; Debate Continues on Prospective Death Penalty Moratorium

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SG/SM/7206
TAD/1898

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS UNCTAD X WILL PERMIT FORMULATION OF STRATEGIES AIMED AT INTEGRATION IN WORLD ECONOMY OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the ceremony marking “100 Days to UNCTAD X”, which was delivered today in Bangkok on his behalf by Adrianus Mooy, the Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP):

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DEV/2222
GA/9648

THIRTY-SIX STATES PLEDGE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR UN DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, AS EUROPEAN, OTHER DELEGATIONS CALL CONFERENCE ANACHRONISM

Doubts Symptomatic of `Wider Malaise’, Says UNDP Head

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GA/L/3128

DIRECTION OF LAW COMMISSION’S WORK ON TRANSBOUNDARY DAMAGE DEFEATED IN SIXTH COMMITTEE

The Sixth Committee this afternoon took up the remaining chapters of the report of the International Law Commission -– those dealing with unilateral acts and prevention of transboundary damage.

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PI/1195

DEVELOPING LANGUAGE VERSIONS OF WEB SITE PROMISES WIDER ACCESS, LOWER COST, UNDER SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS INFORMATION COMMITTEE

Members Agree to Defer Adoption Of Report Pending Finalization of Texts

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GA/AB/3331

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED PROGRAMME BUDGET

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this afternoon continued its part by part discussion of the proposed 2000-2001 programme budget, starting with budget section 3 on political affairs.