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SG/SM/7190
AFR/190

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES THAT UN REMAINS FULLY COMMITTED TO ASSISTING CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC DURING POST-CONFLICT PEACE-BUILDING PHASE

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the investiture of Ange-Felix Patasse as President of the Central African Republic, which was delivered today in Bangui on his behalf by Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hedi Annabi:

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GA/EF/2875

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MAY NOT BE COMPATIBLE, COMMITTEE IS TOLD

In Name of Trade Liberalization, Wealthy Nations Said to Export Unsustainable Production and Consumption Patterns

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SC/6744

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC UNTIL 15 FEBRUARY 2000

Resolution 1271 (1999) Adopted Unanimously

The Security Council this afternoon extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic (MINURCA) until 15 February 2000.

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GA/9639

OVER-RELIANCE ON CLOSED CONSULTATIONS, SLOW RESPONSE TO AFRICA’S NEEDS FAULTED, AS ASSEMBLY ENDS DEBATE ON COUNCIL REPORT

United Kingdom Says United Nations, ‘Tested As Never Before’, Must Change, and Council Must Be Part of Change

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GA/SHC/3534

SIX DRAFT RESOLUTIONS APPROVED TODAY IN THIRD COMMITTEE ON ISSUES OF WOMEN, LITERACY, CRIME PREVENTION, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, CORRUPTION

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GA/L/3116

UNITED STATES APPEALS IN SIXTH COMMITTEE FOR SUPPORT OF OTHER NATIONS TO RESOLVE 'SUBSTANTIVE PROBLEMS' OF CRIMINAL COURT STATUTE

Rome Statute Is Flawed, Says US Representative: Inadequate Jurisdictional Safeguards Place Humanitarian Efforts at Risk

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GA/DIS/3150

TEXT CALLING FOR PRESERVATION OF ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSLE TREATY INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE BY RUSSIAN FEDERATION

He Says Undermined Treaty Would Prompt `Collapse’ of Arms Control; Draft Text on 1999 Report of Disarmament Commission Also Introduced

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GA/SPD/167

FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTIONCONCERNING REVIEW OF PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

As Debate Concludes Speakers Raise Issues of Humanitarian Intervention, Sunset Clause’s Peacekeeping

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AFR/189
REC/80

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FORUM TO FOCUS ON GLOBALIZATION AND THE INFORMATION AGE

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GA/SHC/3533

THIRD COMMITTEE MEMBERS SEE INCREASE IN RACISM, DISCUSS ALSO USE OF MERCENARIES