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SAG/56

GRAVE HUMANITARIAN AND FOOD CRISIS DEVELOPING IN EAST TIMOR, FAO WARNS

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HAB/158
UNEP/46

UNEP-LED ASSESSMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE BALKANS CONFLICT CONCLUDES WORK IN YUGOSLAVIA

Fifty-fourth General Assembly                                    

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DSG/SM/66

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES JOURNALISTS AT ANNUAL LUNCHEON, URGES CONTINUED SPOTLIGHT ON PERSECUTION AND SUFFERING

Following are remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Frechette delivered today at the Dag Hammarskjold Luncheon at United Nations Headquarters:

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GA/SM/92

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SG/SM/7129

DEBATE ON WORLD’S AGENDA CONTAINS PRACTICALITIES AND ELEMENT OF PRAYER SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN REMARKS TO ANNUAL PRAYER SERVICE

Following are the remarks made by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Church of the Holy Family in New York on 13 September:

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GA/9590

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES FIFTY-THIRD SESSION; ADOPTS TEXT ON CULTURE OF PEACE

The crisis in Kosovo would affect the functioning and credibility of the Organization and demonstrated that the reform of the United Nations should proceed without any further delay, Didier Opertti (Uruguay), President of the General Assembly, told that body at the closing of its fifty-third session this morning.

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SG/A/702
ICEF/1844

SECRETARY-GENERAL REAPPOINTS CAROL BELLAMY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN’S FUND

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

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today reappointed Carol Bellamy, the Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), to a second five-year term as head of the agency.

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HR/4431

STATES PARTIES TO CONVENANT ON CIVIL, POLITICAL RIGHTS ELECT LOUIS HENKIN OF UNITED STATES TO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE

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SG/SM/7130

‘PEACE IS IN OUR HANDS’ SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT HEADQUARTERS PEACE BELL CEREMONY

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon ringing the Peace Bell at a Headquarters ceremony on 14 September: