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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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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:

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SEA/1645

SEABED ASSEMBLY APPROVES PACT ON JAMAICA HEADQUARTERS

(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)

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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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SEA/1642

SEABED COUNCIL ENDORSES HEADQUARTERS PACT WITH JAMAICA, TAKES UP BUDGET AND MEETINGS SCHEDULE FOR 2000

(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)

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SEA/1643

COUNCIL POSTPONES ACTION ON BUDGET, RESUMES WORK ON MINING CODE

(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)

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SC/6716

SECURITY COUNCIL STRONGLY CONDEMNS TARGETING OF CHILDREN IN SITUATIONS OF ARMED CONFLICT, INCLUDING THEIR RECRUITMENT AND USE AS SOLDIERS

Resolution 1261 (1999) Adopted Unanimously; Olara Otunnu Stresses Words On Paper Cannot Save Children in Peril; Namibia's Foreign Minister Presides

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GA/SM/90

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT GREATLY SADDENED BY TRAGIC LOSS OF LIFE AND EXTENSIVE MATERIAL DAMAGE CAUSED BY EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY

Following is a statement of the President of the fifty-third session of the General Assembly:

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SG/SM/7108

SECRETARY-GENERAL SEEKS CONCERTED EFFORT TO IMPROVE EDUCATION, REDUCE NUMBER OF WORLD'S ILLITERATE

Message for International Literacy Day - 8 September - Notes

Role for United Nations, UNESCO, Member States and Civil Society

This is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to mark the observance, on 8 September, of International Literacy Day: