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23 April 1999

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ENV/DEV/508

GLOBALIZATION, EROSION OF TRADE PREFERENCES UNDERMINE SMALL ISLAND STATES COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TOLD

19990423

Meets as Preparatory Body for General Assembly Special Session to Review 1994 Barbados Action Plan for Small Island States

23 April 1999

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SG/SM/6966

TRANSCRIPTS OF TWO PRESS CONFERENCES BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AT HEADQUARTERS, 23 APRIL

19990423

22 April 1999

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DSG/SM/46

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS UN CONTINUES TO PLAY CENTRAL ROLE ON MANY ISSUES THAT DOMINATE INTERNATIONAL AGENDA AT END OF TWENTIETH CENTURY

19990422 Louise Fréchette Cites Human Rights, Woman's Rights and Environment as Key Areas of UN Accomplishment

Following is the text of an address delivered today at Headquarters by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD) programme:

22 April 1999

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HR/CN/926

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CONCLUDES DEBATE ON PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, STARTS CONSIDERATION OF EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS

19990422 (Reissued as received.)

22 April 1999

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L/2921

22 April 1999

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SAG/28

FAO REPORT FORECASTS CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT IN FOOD OUTLOOK FOR MUCH OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

19990422

Also Warns War, Civil Strife Threaten Agricultural Production in Angola, Somalia, Great Lakes Region, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau

22 April 1999

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HR/4408

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS TO HOLD TWENTIETH SESSION FROM 26 APRIL TO 14 MAY

19990422 Background Release Committee Scheduled to Consider Reports From Iceland, Solomon Islands, Denmark, Ireland and Tunisia

(Reissued as received.)

22 April 1999

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HR/CN/929

REFUGEE FLOWS FROM KOSOVO INCREASING, HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS

19990422 Commission on Human Rights Hears Update on Kosovo, Completes Debate on Advisory Services and Technical Cooperation Programmes

(Reissued as received.)

22 April 1999

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SG/SM/6963

SECRETARY-GENERAL AGREES TO RELIEVE SPECIAL ADVISER OF RESPONSIBILITIES WITH REGARD TO CYPRUS

19990422 The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

22 April 1999

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REC/39