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PI/1185
7 October 1999


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PI/1185
WOM/1149


GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO WOMEN'S RIGHTS CONVENTION

19991007

Approves and Opens Legal Instrument for Signature Which Will Enable Individuals of Sex Discrimination to Submit Complaints to UN Committee

GA/SPD/159
6 October 1999


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GA/SPD/159


FOURTH COMMITTEE HEARS PETITIONERS ON GUAM, WESTERN SAHARA, NEW CALEDONIA AND EAST TIMOR

19991006

The colonized people of Guam would vote on its status by 4 July 2000, a representative of that Territory’s Governor told the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) this afternoon, as the Committee continued consideration of decolonization issues and heard petitioners.

DSG/SM/68
6 October 1999


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DSG/SM/68
DC/2664


DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES UNIVERSAL RATIFICATION OF TEST BAN TREATY

19991006

Following is the text of an address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the conference on facilitating the entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), delivered this morning in Vienna: