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GA/EF/2857

SECOND COMMITTEE ELECTS THREE VICE-CHAIRMEN AND RAPPORTEUR, ADOPTS PROGRAMME OF WORK

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SG/SM/7153
AFR/177

SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS POSITIVE CHANGES IN AFRICA

Calls for Greater Support to Nations Making Good-Faith Efforts Urges Fairness, Consistency in Peacekeeping, Humanitarian Operations

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the Security Council's ministerial meeting on Africa:

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GA/9615

GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES IN ASSEMBLY; EAST TIMOR, MIDDLE EAST PEACE, SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM AMONG TOPICS RAISED

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WORLD HABITAT DAY TO BE OBSERVED AT HEADQUAERTERS ON MONDAY, 4 OCTOBER

Highlighting the theme “Cities for All”, a panel discussion to mark World Habitat Day will be held in the Dag Hammarskjöld auditorium from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday, 4 October.

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GA/SM/103

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, IN CLOSING STATEMENT TO SPECIAL SESSION, SAYS TIME RUNNING OUT ON PLANS TO ASSIST SMALL ISLAND STATES

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SG/SM/7154

GLOBALIZAITON REVOLUTION HAS NOT BENEFITTED LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO MINISTERIAL MEETING AT HEADQUARTERS

Following is the text of the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the ninth annual Ministerial Meeting of the Least Developed Countries in New York on 29 September:

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GA/9616

SPEAKERS IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY URGE EVEN-HANDED APPROACHES TO CRISES

"Rwanda demonstrates what Kosovo might have become, had we not intervened in 1999 and Kosovo demonstrates what Rwanda might have been, had we intervened in 1994", Bronislaw Geremek, the Foreign Minister of Poland, told the General Assembly this afternoon as it continued its general debate.

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SC/6734

COUNCIL MEETS TO REVIEW IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS IN SECRETARY-GENERAL’S 1998 REPORT ON AFRICA

Meeting to Resume Tomorrow

"Africa fatigue" was an affront to the very idea of a responsible international community, Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the Security Council as it convened an open meeting this morning on the situation in Africa.

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IAEA/1334

INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY GENERAL CONFERENCE BEGINS ANNUAL SESSION

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UNEP/48

UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME REPORTS ASSESS ENVIRONMENT CONDITIONS IN SMALL ISLAND STATES