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WOM/1146/Rev.1
25 June 1999


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WOM/1146/Rev.1


WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CONCLUDES TWENTY-FIRST SESSION

19990625

Concluding its three-week twenty-first session this afternoon, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women adopted recommendations for advancing the status of women in Georgia, Nepal, Belize, Chile, Ireland, Spain and the United Kingdom.

SG/SM/7045
25 June 1999


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SG/SM/7045


ADDRESSING GLOBAL CHALLENGE OF AIDS, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES THAT WALL OF SILENCE AND PREJUDICE SURROUNDING DISEASE MUST BE TORN DOWN

19990625 Kofi Annan Notes Devastating Effect of AIDS on Africa; Challenges Business To Take Measures to Combat Disease; Summarizes UN-System AIDS-Related Initiatives

SOC/NAR/804
25 June 1999


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SOC/NAR/804


UNDCP SIGNS DRUG CONTROL AGREEMENT WITH IRAN, OPENS NEW COUNTRY OFFICE

19990625

VIENNA, 25 June (UN Information Service) -- A $13 million programme that should greatly increase Iran's ability to control illicit drugs will be officially launched by the United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) in Tehran on 26 June, the International Day against Illicit Drug Abuse and Trafficking.

SC/6692
25 June 1999


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SC/6692


SECURITY COUNCIL RECOMMENDS TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT REPUBLIC OF KIRIBATI BE ADMITTED TO MEMBERSHIP OF UNITED NATIONS

19990625

The Security Council this afternoon recommended to the General Assembly that the Republic of Kiribati be admitted to membership of the United Nations. That admission would bring to 186 the Organization's total membership.