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GA/DIS/3156

FIFTEEN MORE DISARMAMENT TEXTS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

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GA/SHC/3541

THIRD COMMITTEE SPEAKERS CITE POVERTY AS ROOT CAUSE OF CHILD PROBLEMS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

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GA/DIS/3155

DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON REGIONAL DISARMAMENT, NUCLEAR WEAPON ELIMINATION, ASIA/PACIFIC CENTRE, SMALL ARMS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

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GA/SHC/3540

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES SEVEN DRAFT RESOLUTIONS

Continues Discussion of Issues Related to Rights of Children

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GA/AB/3322/

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

CORRECTION

On page 18 of Press Release GA/AB/3322 of 27 October, the summary of the statement of the representative of Cyprus, which should have appeared between the summarized statements of the representatives of Burkina Faso and China, was inadvertently omitted.

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GA/L/3123

IN SIXTH COMMITTEE, PERSPECTIVES VARY AS TO UTILITY, FEASIBILITY OF LEGAL INSTRUMENT ON STATE IMMUNITY

The Sixth Committee (Legal) this afternoon concluded its consideration of the jurisdictional immunities of States and their property, in the context of its ongoing examination of the report of the International Law Commission.

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SG/SM/7201

IN ADDRESS TO LINKS, INC., SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES THAT GOVERNMENTS AND UNITED NATIONS NEED CIVIL SOCIETY, NGOS AND PRIVATE SECTOR

Following is the text of an address delivered today in New York by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Links, Inc.:

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GA/EF/2881

FOR DEVELOPING WORLD, GLOBALIZATION MEANS NOT INTERDEPENDENCE BUT OVERDEPENDENCE ON AID, MARKETS OF WEALTHY

Second Committee, Winding up Globalization Debate, Hears Calls for Reform of Global Economic Architecture

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GA/SM/118

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT HOSTS WORKING LUNCHEON FOR CHAIRMEN OF MAIN COMMITTEES

Following is the statement of the President of the General Assembly, Theo Ben-Gurirab (Namibia), as he hosted the second working luncheon of the Chairmen of the Main Committees on 27 October:

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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.