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GA/SHC/3532

THIRD COMMITTEE MEMBERS DETAIL DRUG AND RELATED CRIME PROBLEMS

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GA/SHC/3530

THIRD COMMITTEE MEMBERS COMENT ON EFFORTS AGAINST ORGANIZED CRIME AND ON THE DEATH PENALTY

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OBV/116
SAG/62

RURAL YOUTH MUST BE ENLISTED IN MODERN, SUSTAINABLE FARMING SPEAKERS TELL WORLD FOOD DAY GATHERING

Young People Key to Multifaceted Food Security Programmes; Education Must Be Emphasized, Rural-Urban Migration Prevented

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SG/SM/7185

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED FOR ‘STRONG, CONSISTENT, PREDICTABLE SUPPORT’ TO ENABLE UNITED NATIONS TO PROSPER

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon receiving the 1999 Woodrow Wilson Statesmanship Award from the Woodrow Wilson House this evening in Washington, D.C.:

You do me a great honour tonight in giving me this award, and I thank you.

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DSG/SM/72
OBV/118

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR VICIOUS CIRCLE OF HUNGER AND POVERTY TO BE BROKEN, ‘FOR THE YOUTH OF TOMORROW, AND WITH THOSE OF TODAY’

Following are the remarks of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette on the occasion of World Food Day, which were delivered at a special Headquarters observance today on her behalf by Under-Secretary- General for Economic and Social Affairs Nitin Desai:

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GA/EF/2872

HABITAT AGENDA, HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION AMONG ISSUES WEIGHED IN SECOND COMMITTEE DEBATE

Delegates Hear Arguments for and against Proposed UN Conference on International Migration and Development

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GA/SM/112
OBV/119

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, IN STATEMENT TO WORLD FOOD DAY OBSERVANCE, STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF YOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER

Following is the statement of the President of the General Assembly Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia) delivered to the World Food Day observance at Headquarters on 19 October:

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SG/SM/7183
AFR/187

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON PARTIES TO LUSAKA PEACE ACCORD TO OBSERVE CEASEFIRE AND EXTEND SUPPORT FOR POLIO IMMUNIZATION CAMPAIGN

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

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SG/SM/7188

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES INDONESIAN ASSEMBLY’S VOIDING OF DECREE INTEGRATING EAST TIMOR INTO INDONESIA

The following statement is attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

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AFR/186
DC/2668

STANDING ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON SECURITY QUESTIONS IN CENTRAL AFRICA TO MEET IN CHAD