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PI/1194
1 November 1999


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PI/1194


UPGRADING UN WEBSITES IN ALL LANGUAGES REQUIRES SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS INFORMATION COMMITTEE

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To begin the process of achieving language parity among the United Nations' Web sites on an incremental basis will require an additional allocation of some $13.5 million, the Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, Kensaku Hogen, told the Committee on Information this morning.

DSG/SM/75
1 November 1999


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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

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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.

GA/L/3124
29 October 1999


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GA/L/3124


NORMS OF STATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR INTERNATIONAL WRONGFUL ACTS EXAMINED IN SIXTH COMMITTEE

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The Sixth Committee (Legal) this afternoon began its discussion of the International Law Commission’s long-standing efforts to draw up an instrument to govern State responsibility for internationally wrongful acts, in the course of its ongoing examination of the Commission’s report on its 1999 session.