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HR/4435

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT ISSUES ANNUAL REPORT TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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GA/EF/2877

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES URGED TO MATCH DEVELOPING-WORLD EFFORTS TO COMBAT 'GLOBAL SCOURGE' OF DROUGHT, DESERTIFICATION

`Politics Cannot Stop Desertification, But Cross-Border Partnerships Can’, Says Israel

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GA/SM/115

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION IDEALLY PLACED TO PLAY IMPORTANT ROLE IN SEARCH FOR SOLUTION TO WORLD PROBLEMS

Following is the statement made today by Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia), President of the General Assembly, to the meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union:

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SC/6745

SECURITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHES UN TRANSITIONAL ADMINISTRATION IN EAST TIMOR FOR INITIAL PERIOD UNTIL 31 JANUARY 2001

Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1272 (1999), Council Authorizes Strength of 1,600 Police, 9,000 Military Troops

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SG/SM/7194

PARLIAMENTARIANS VITAL PARTNER FOR BUILDING PEACE IN BROADEST SENSE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION MEMBERS

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to a meeting, organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), of Parliamentarians attending the fifty-fourth General Assembly, at Headquarters on 25 October:

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GA/DIS/3152

NEGOTIATIONS ON CONVENTION TO PROHIBIT USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS CALLED FOR IN TEXT INTRODUCED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

Texts Also Introduced on Middle East Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone, Mediterranean Security, Landmine Convention, Science and Security

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GA/SM/113

‘THIS UNIVERSAL ORGANIZATION’ THE PRIDE OF ALL HUMANKIND SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT AT UN DAY CONCERT

Following is the statement of the President of the General Assembly, Theo Ben-Gurirab (Namibia), delivered at the United Nations Day Concert in New York on 22 October:

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REC/81

AFRICA NEEDS NEW PARADIGM FOR DEVELOPMENT IN TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, HEARS AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FORUM

ADDIS ABABA, 24 October (ECA) -- Speakers at the opening of the first African Development Forum have emphasized the need for a new paradigm for the continent’s development based on a vibrant domestic private sector, a strong State, cutting-edge policy analysis, and good governance.

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SG/SM/7192

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT TRIBUTE HONOURING MEMORY OF JULIUS NYERERE, SAYS NYERERE'S LIFE MIRRORED FATE OF ENTIRE AFRICAN CONTINENT

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement at a tribute to the memory of Julius K. Nyerere, the founder and first President of the United Republic of Tanzania, who died on 14 October, delivered at Headquarters on 25 October:

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GA/9641

ASSEMBLY ACTS ON REPORTS ON CREDENTIALS, COOPERATION WITH REGIONAL GROUPS, NEW MEMBERS OF UNEP GOVERNING COUNCIL, COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCES