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SG/T/2204

THE SECRETARY GENERAL, IN TWO-DAY STOPOVER IN SARAJEVO, CONFERS WITH LOCAL LEADERS, UNITED NATIONS REPRESENTATIVES

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GA/DIS/3144

TEST-BAN REJECTION BY UNITED STATES PROMPTS DISTRESS, ALARM, BOLIVIA TELLS DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

In Continuing General Debate, Speakers Also Address Missile Defence Systems, Use of Force Disguised as ‘Humanitarian Imperative’

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HR/CT/543

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO HOLD SIXTY-SEVENTH SESSION AT GENEVA FROM 18 OCTOBER TO 5 NOVEMBER

Experts to Examine Reports of Norway, Morocco, Republic Of Korea, Macau, Cameroon and Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong

(Reissued as received.)

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SG/SM/7179
AFR/184

SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO LATE JULIUS NYERERE, ‘ONE OF THE GIANTS’ OF AFRICAN LIBERATION

Following are the remarks made this morning by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the death of Julius Nyerere, founder-President of the United Republic of Tanzania:

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DSG/SM/71
GA/9636

ACTION TO IMPROVE SECURITY OF STAFF ASKED OF MEMBER STATES, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Following is the text of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette today to the General Assembly on staff security:

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GA/SM/109

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT STRONGLY CONDEMNS KILLINGS OF UN STAFF IN KOSOVO AND BURUNDI

The following statement was issued today by the President of the General Assembly, Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia):

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SG/SM/7177
DC/2667

SECRETARY-GENERAL LEARNS WITH REGRET OF NEGATIVE VOTE OF UNITED STATES SENTATE ON RATIFICATION OF COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY

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

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SG/T/2205

ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY GENERAL IN PRISTINA, 13-14 OCTOBER

The Secretary-General left Sarajevo for Pristina on Wednesday morning. He proceeded directly from the airport to the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). He was briefed on the Mission’s work by his Special Representative, Bernard Kouchner.

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GA/L/3109

CANADA SUGGESTS HIATUS FOR CHARTER COMMITTEE AS SIXTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES DEBATE ON CHARTER ISSUES, SANCTIONS

Canada proposed this morning to the Sixth Committee (Legal) that the General Assembly should place its Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization “on hiatus”.

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IK/282

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT $11,800,599.38