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GA/9614
ENV/DEV/524

SPECIAL ASSEMBLY SESSION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF 1994 BARBADOS PROGRAMME OF ACTION CONCLUDES; FINAL DOCUMENTS ADOPTED

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SG/SM/7151
OBV/110

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR EFFECTIVE RAPID-ALERT SYSTEMS ACCESSIBLE TO POOREST COUNTRIES TO REDUCE EFFECTS OF NATURAL CATASTROPHES

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction, which will be observed on 13 October:

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AFR/176
DC/2663*

ACCRA WORKSHOP ADOPTS MODALITIES FOR ARMS REGISTER AND DATABASE IN AFRICA

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SAG/58

FRAGILE SECURITY SITUATION IMPEDES URGENTLY NEEDED HUMANITARIAN AND FOOD DISTRIBUTION OPERATIONS IN EAST TIMOR

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GA/SM/102

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT REJECTS IDEAS ON 'CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS' HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION, IN REMARKS TO SOUTH-EAST ASIAN STATES

Following is the text of remarks made by the President of the fifty-fourth General Assembly, Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia), to the reception hosted in his honour by the Chairman of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in New York on 28 September:

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SG/SM/7152
OBV/111

IN WORLD FOOD DAY MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ‘DEVELOPMENT THAT DOES NOT PROMOTE FOOD SECURITY FOR ALL PEOPLE HAS WEAK FOUNDATIONS’

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for World Food Day, which will be observed on 16 October:

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DC/2661

CONFERENCE ON FACILITATING ENTRY INTO FORCE OF COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY TO BE HELD AT VIENNA

(Reissued as received.)

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SPECIAL SESSION OF COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON EAST TIMOR

Requests Secretary-General to Create International Commission of Inquiry; Indonesia, Others Opposed in Roll-Call Vote

(Reissued as received.)

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SG/SM/7150
OBV/109

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS TODAY'S OLDER PERSON ARE PIONEERS, LED INITIATIVES DURING INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF OLDER PERSONS

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons, 1 October:

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GA/L/3105

SIXTH COMMITTEE COMPLETES ELECTION OF OFFICERS, ADOPTS PROGRAMME OF WORK

The Sixth Committee (Legal), at an organizational meeting this morning, elected its Vice-Chairmen and Rapporteur, and adopted a programme of work for the current session of the General Assembly.