COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY 'MAJOR MILESTONE', BUT SOUTH ASIA TESTS WARN OF COMPLACENCY, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD
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Confidence Expressed in Evolving Nuclear Test Verification Regime; Proposed Treaty on Fissile Material Also Discussed in Continued General Debate
SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS HIGH-LEVEL PANEL ON AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT WILL INSPIRE AND ASSIST IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATION ON PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT
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CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY
The following is the statement given today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the opening meeting of the Panel of High-level Personalities on African Development:
RECOGNITION OF RAPE AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE AS WAR CRIMES HAS BEGUN TO REVERSE CLIMATE OF IMPUNITY, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD
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CORRECTION
On page 18 of Press Release GA/SHC/3473 of 14 October, the first part of the summary of the statement by the observer of the Holy See was inadvertently omitted. The full summary reads as follows:
SOLUTION TO REFUGEE FLOWS LIES IN ATTACKING CAUSES -- OPPRESSION, CONFLICT, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL IN OTTAWA ADDRESS
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Following is the text of an address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the International Association of Refugee Law Judges in Ottawa, Canada, on 14 October: