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SG/SM/7204

ON EVE OF WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION MINISTERIAL MEETING, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES LINKAGE OF DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message to the High- Level International Round Table on Ensuring Equity in Aid, Trade and Lending: Promoting a Human Rights Approach to Global Governance, delivered at Headquarters today by Nafis Sadik, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA):

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GA/DIS/3159

RESOLUTIONS ON INDIAN OCEAN, SCIENCE AND SECURITY, ENVIRONMENTAL NORMS APPROVED BY RECORDED VOTE IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

Texts Also Approved on Mediterranean, Threats to Information, Disarmament and Development, Practical Disarmament, Security Declaration

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GA/SPD/171

FOURTH COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF UN RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES

Agency’s Commissioner-General Introduces Report, Emphasizing Financial Difficulties, Management Reform Efforts

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GA/DIS/3158

FIRST COMMITTEE APPROVES 11 DRAFT RESOLUTIONS, ONE DECISION ON WIDE RANGE OF DISARMAMENT MEASURES

UN Conventional Arms Register, Regional Conventional Arms Control, Arms Control Agreement Compliance, Small Arms among Issues Addressed

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GA/SM/119

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT EXTENDS CONDOLENCES TO INDIA FOR ANGUISH, DEVASTATION CAUSED BY CYCLONE

Following is the statement of the President of the General Assembly, Theo Ben-Gurirab (Namibia), concerning the cyclone that hit Orissa state on India’s east coast on Friday, 29 October:

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DSG/SM/75
IHA/688

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF CONFLICT PREVENTION IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT ADDRESS

Following is the text of the address of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the 27th International Conference of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent, which was delivered today on Geneva.

It is an honour to address you today.

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GA/AB/3327

NEED FOR BROADEST POSSIBLE AGREEMENT ON UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME BUDGET STRESSED DURING FIFTH COMMITTEE DISCUSSION

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GA/L/3125

MEMBERS OF LEGAL COMMITTEE OFFER SUGGESTIONS ON STATE RESPONSIBILITY

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SG/SM/7202

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXTENDS CONDOLENCES TO INDIA FOR CYCLONE DEVESTATION, REITERATES UN READINESS TO ASSIST IN RELIEF, RECOVERY EFFORTS

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

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GA/9646

GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO TAKE UP FINANCING OF UNITED NATIONS OBSERVED MISSION IN SIERRA LEONE; FIFTH COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW

Observing Minute of Silence, Members Express Sympathy to Victims Of Cyclone in India, Crash of Egyptair Flight 990 off Massachusetts