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GA/SM/65
2 October 1998


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GA/SM/65


GENERAL DEBATE PROVIDED UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE OF MEMBER STATES' VIEW OF WORLD IN FINAL YEARS OF TWENTIETH CENTURY, SAYS ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT

19981002 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Addressing Closing Meeting of Two-Week General Debate

Following is the text of the statement, translated from Spanish, by the President of the General Assembly, Didier Opertti (Uruguay), at the closing of the general debate of the fifty-third session this afternoon:

SG/SM/6729
1 October 1998


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SG/SM/6729


SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES ROLE OF OIC IN ENSURING THAT `HATREDS OF THE PAST' DO NOT DARKEN `HEARTS OF THE FUTURE', IN ADDRESS TO COORDINATION MEETING

19981001 International Community's Response to Today's Grave Challenges Must Be One of Unity, of Will and of Purpose, Kofi Annan States

SC/6584
1 October 1998


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SC/6584


NEW CHAIRMEN OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY BODIES IN OCTOBER

19981001 In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the new Chairmen of the United Nations security bodies for October:

Security Council

Sir Jeremy Greenstock succeeds Hans Dahlgren (Sweden) as President of the Security Council.

Military Staff Committee