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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:

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SEA/1639

SEABED COUNCIL AGREES ON THREE RULES FOR LEGAL AND TECHNICAL COMMISSION

(Received from International Seabed Authority)

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IHA/686
POP/737

UN POPULATION FUND SENDS EMERGENCY REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SUPPLIES TO TURKEY'S EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS

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SG/SM/7107

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS PEOPLES OF AFRICA CANNOT CONTINUE TO PAY EXORBITANT COSTS OF THE CONFLICTS RAGING IN AND AMONG THEIR COUNTRIES

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SEA/1640

COUNCIL BEGINS SECOND READING OF MINING CODE

(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)

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SEA/1638

SEABED COUNCIL DISCUSSES UNRESOLVED ISSUES IN RULES OF LEGAL AND TECHNICAL COMMISSION

(Received from International Seabed Authority)

KINGSTON, 20 August -- The Council of the International Seabed Authority, meeting this morning in Kingston, resumed discussion of two unresolved issues relating to the rules of procedure of its Legal and Technical Commission.

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ECO/11
TAD/1895

NEW DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF WTO CALLS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO COLLECTIVELY PRESS FOR POSITIVE TRADE AGENDA

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SG/A/701

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS TOM KOENIGS OF GERMANY TO SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE POST WITH UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN KOSOVO

This is the text of a statement today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

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SEA/1637

SEABED COUNCIL RECEIVES PROPOSAL TO COLLECT ENVIRONMENTAL DATA

(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)

KINGSTON, 19 August -- A proposal to identify gaps in knowledge about the environmental impact of deep-seabed mining, and to draw up a plan for gathering such data, was placed this morning before the Council of the International Seabed Authority, meeting in Kingston.