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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.

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PKO/82

MONGOLIA JOINS STANDBY ARRANGEMENTS FOR PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

Mongolia today became the twenty-eighth country to sign a memorandum of understanding on the standby arrangements for the United Nations peacekeeping operations.

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GA/9610
ENV/DEV/519

GENERAL ASSEMBLY BEGINS TWO-DAY SPECIAL SESSION TO REVIEW PROGRESS OF 1994 BARBADOS ACTION PROGRAMME

Small Island States "Front-Line Zones" for Problems Of Environment and Development, Secretary-General Tells Session

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IAEA/1333

INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY VERIFICATION OF WEAPON-ORIGIN FISSILE MATERIAL IN RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND UNITED STATES

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GA/9608

QUESTIONS OF SOVEREIGNTY, HUMAN RIGHTS RAISED BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKERS

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GA/9609

THE EFFECTS OF SANCTIONS WIDELY DISCUSSED BY SPEAKERS AT AFTERNOON MEETING OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY

A thorough study of the short- and long-term effects of sanctions, especially on innocent victims, should be undertaken, Bonaya Adhi Godana, the Foreign Minister of Kenya, stressed this afternoon as he addressed the General Assembly at the continuation of its general debate.

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GA/9606

QUESTIONS OF SOVEREIGNTY, THE STATE SYSTEM, THE FUTURE OF THE ORGANIZATION RAISED BY GENERAL DEBATE SPEAKERS

The United Nations could not assume that it would survive intact by clinging to structures and processes conceived in 1945, S. Jayakumar, Foreign Minister of Singapore, told the General Assembly as it continued its General Debate this morning. While it was clear that it must now change, less clear was how it should change.