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TAD/1896

UNCTAD TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT REPORT 1999 TO BE RELEASED, 20 SEPTEMBER

(Reissued as received.)

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GA/SM/98
PI/1182

STEERING GLOBALIZATION IN RIGHT DIRECTION HAS ROLE FOR NGOS, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT TELLS NGO CONFERENCE

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SC/6730

SECURITY COUNCIL CONCLUDES TWO-DAY MEETING ON PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN ARMED CONFLICT

Adopts Resolution 1265 (1999) Unanimously; Decides To Further Review Recommendations of Secretary-General

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SC/6728

SECURITY COUNCIL BEGINS OPEN MEETING ON PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN ARMED CONFLICT

The United Nations must be ready to take action to protect civilians and to respond with more than speeches and reports, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said this morning as he opened a Security Council debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict.

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ECOSOC/5874

RENOVATED ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CHAMBER INAUGURATED

The renovated Chamber of the 54-member Economic and Social Council was opened today with a statement by its President that the Council stood ready to discharge further its responsibilities in the area of post-conflict peace building.

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SG/SM/7134
SC/6729

IN STATEMENT TO SECURITY COUNCIL, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS PLIGHT OF CIVILIANS IN ARMED CONLFICT CAN NO LONGER BE NEGLECTED

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement to the Security Council today on the subject of the protection of civilians in armed conflict:

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GA/SM/96

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT ADDRESSES ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL AT INAUGURATION OF RENOVATED CHAMBER

Following is the text of the statement by the President of the General Assembly, Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia), on the occasion of the inauguration of the newly renovated Economic and Social Council Chamber:

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NGO/314
PI/1178

NGO CONFERENCE HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON GLOBALIZATION

As a result of globalization, governments had nowhere to hide, Mark Malloch Brown, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), told the fifty-second annual Department of Public Information/Non-governmental Organization (DPI/NGO) Conference this afternoon.

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UNEP/47

UNEP LAUNCHES DEFINITIVE STUDY OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS

NAIROBI, 15 September (UNEP) - Today, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) launches its Global Environment Outlook 2000 (GEO-2000) report -- the most authoritative assessment ever of the environmental crisis facing humanity in the new millennium.

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HQ/598

SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS FOR GENERAL DEBATE DISCUSSED U.S. AGENCIES TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE

UN Security Service to Meet with Delegations

Delegations were assured this morning that everything would be done to minimize disruptions during the fifty-fourth General Assembly session as the Committee on Relations with the Host Country met to discuss security arrangements for the general debate.