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AFG/104
PI/1166

UNITED NATIONS EVALUATES DISPLACEMENT IN NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN

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SEA/1648

JAMAICA AND SEABED AUTHORITY SIGN HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT

(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)

KINGSTON, 26 August -- Officials of the Government of Jamaica and the International Seabed Authority signed in Kingston this afternoon the new Headquarters Agreement governing the relationship between the Government and the Authority.

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SC/6718

SECURITY COUNCIL HEARS CALLS FOR END TO OUTSIDE INTERFERENCE IN AFGHANISTAN, WITH ACCESS FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

Continued Conflict Said To Cause Great Civilian Suffering; Taliban Urged To Cooperate in Peace Negotiations, Relief Efforts

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PI/1167
WOM/1148

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: TRIAL BY FIRE IN PAKISTAN

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SEA/1649

SEABED COUNCIL AGREES ON TWO SESSIONS IN 2000, ENDORSES $5.3 MILLION BUDGET

Approves Most Rules for Legal and Technical Commission

(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)

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SEA/1647

COUNCIL ADOPTS FINANCIAL REGULATIONS OF SEABED AUTHORITY, DISCUSSES LEGAL AND TECHNICAL COMMISSION RULES

(Received from the International Seabed Authority)

KINGSTON, 26 August -- The Council of the International Seabed Authority, meeting in Kingston this morning, adopted without vote the regulations that will govern the financial administration of the Authority.

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SC/6717

SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION EXTENDING MANDATE OF UN MISSION IN EAST TIMOR UNTIL 30 NOVEMBER

Council Members, in Presidential Statement, Say Popular Consultation Of 30 August Is Historic Opportunity to Resolve East Timor Question Peacefully

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SEA/1646

SEABED COUNCIL RESUMES DEBATE ON MEETINGS FOR 2000

(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)

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SEA/1644

SEABED COUNCIL DISCUSSES GOVERNMENT PARTICIPATION IN LEGAL AND TECHNICAL COMMISSION MEETINGS

(Received from International Seabed Authority)

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SG/SM/7109

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPALLED BY WIDESPREAD VIOLENCE IN DILI

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