The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
Following is the text of closing remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the Working Group on Informatics, in New York today:
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Committee and Government Delegation Take Up Issues Related To Rights of Unborn Children, Health-Education Programmes, Women's Studies
CORRECTION
In Press Release WOM/1143 of 21 June, the fifth paragraph on page 5 should read:
Secretary-General Kofi Annan travelled to Paris on Sunday, 20 June, beginning a trip which would also take him to the Russian Federation and to the United Kingdom.
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Committee and Government Delegation Take Up Issues Related To Rights of Unborn Children, Health-Education Programmes, Women's Studies
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