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NGO/312
PI/1174

SECRETARY-GENERAL OPENS ANNUAL NGO CONFERENCE, MEETING ALSO HEARS QUEEN NOOR OF JORDAN AND NOBEL LAUREATE OSCAR ARIAS

The revolution of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the globalization process were defining phenomena of our times, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said this morning at the opening meeting of the fifty-second annual NGO Conference, organized by the Department of Public Information (DPI).

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SG/SM/7133
PI/1176

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXAMINES 'MEANING OF INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY' IN ADDRESS TO DPI/NGO CONFERENCE

Following is the address of the Secretary-General Kofi Annan entitled "The Meaning of International Community”, as delivered to the fifty-second DPI/NGO Conference in New York on 15 September:

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GA/9593

170 ITEMS ASSEMBLY’S GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS FOR INCLUSION ON FIFTY-FOURTH SESSION AGENDA

The General Committee, in two meetings held today, recommended 170 items for inclusion on the General Assembly’s agenda for its fifty-fourth session and allocated them among the six Main Committees and the plenary.

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PI/1175

UN DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION LAUNCHES ENHANCED CIVIL SOCIETY WEB SITE

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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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SG/SM/7131

SECRETARY-GENERAL ALARMED AT DETERIORATING HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA

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

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HR/4432

ACTION TO ASSIST WAR-AFFECTED CHILDREN IN SIERRA LEONE PROPOSED BY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT

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GA/SM/94

‘MY MIND, HEART, DEVOTION’ ALWAYS CLOSE TO UN CHARTER AND ITS IDEALS, SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT IN OPENING ADDRESS

Following is the opening statement of the President of the fifty- fourth session of the General Assembly, Theo-Benn Gurirab (Namibia):

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SG/SM/7132

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES EFFORTS TO ADVANCE UN CAUSE IN UNITED STATES IN REMARKS TO ANNUAL UN AMBASSADORS DINNER

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the United Nations Ambassadors Dinner hosted by the United Nations Association of the United States (UNA-USA) and the Business Council for the United Nations (BCUN)in New York on 14 September: