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SG/2060

FOREIGN MINISTERS OF VENEZUELA AND GUYANA MEET AT HEADQUARTERS, REVIEW CONTROVERSY BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES

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AFR/174
DC/2660

WORKSHOP ON ESTABLISHMENT OF AFRICAN ARMS REGISTER TO BE HELD IN GHANA, 23 - 24 SEPTEMBER

NEW YORK, 22 September (Department for Disarmament Affairs) -– An International Workshop on the Modalities for the Establishment of an Arms Register and Database in Africa will be held in Accra, Ghana on 23 and 24 September 1999.

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PI/1183/Rev.
SOC/4515/Rev.

EXHIBITS CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF OLDER PERSONS 1999 ON DISPLAY AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 11 SEPTEMBER TO 21 OCTOBER

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ICJ/589

PAKISTAN INSTITUTES PROCEEDINGS AGAINST INDIA CONCERNING SHOOTING DOWN OF A PAKISTANI AIRCRAFT

THE HAGUE, 22 September (ICJ) -- The Islamic Republic of Pakistan has instituted proceedings against India before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concerning the shooting down of a Pakistani aircraft by Indian air force planes on 10 August 1999.

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SG/SM/7142
AFR/173

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES CENTRAL AFRICANS ON ‘MATURITY AND CALM’ DURING FIRST ROUND OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

This is the text of a statement issued today by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General:

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GA/9602

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY UNWILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE CRISIS IN SOMALIA, PRESIDENT OF DJIBOUTI TELLS ASSEMBLY AS GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES

The Somalian crisis was a tragedy that the international community was unwilling to acknowledge, Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti, told the General Assembly this afternoon as it continued its general debate.

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PI/1183/Rev.
SOC/4515/Rev.

EXHIBITS CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF OLDER PERSONS 1999 ON DISPLAY AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 11 SEPTEMBER TO 21 OCTOBER

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PI/1183
SOC/4515

EXHIBITS CELEBRATING THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF OLDER PERSONS 1999 ON DISPLAY AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 11 SEPTEMBER TO 21 OCTOBER

Two exhibits celebrating the International Year of Older Persons will be on display at United Nations Headquarters from 11 September to 21 October.

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SG/SM/7143

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SHOCKED TO LEARN OF MURDER IN EAST TIMOR OF SANDER THOENES

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

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GA/SPD/156

FOURTH COMMITTEE ELECTS VICE-CHAIRMEN, ADOPTS PROGRAMME OF WORK

The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) this morning elected Matia Mulumba Semakula Kiwanuka (Uganda), Yuri Kazhura (Belarus) and Carlos Morales (Spain) as Vice-Chairmen. The Committee deferred election of its Rapporteur until a future meeting. The Chairman of the Committee, Sotirios Zacheos (Cyprus), was elected on 14 September.