The Secretary-General arrived in Beijing from Moscow in the morning of Tuesday, 31 March. After a few hours rest, he met in the afternoon with Vice Premier Qian Qichen. The Vice Premier thanked the Secretary-General for the role he had played in defusing the Iraq crisis.
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By paragraph 9 of its resolution 1160 (1998) of 31 March, the Security Council established a Committee, composed of all members of the Council, in order to undertake the tasks specified in that resolution.
In Press Release GA/AB/3223 of 26 March, the first sentence in the third paragraph of page 6 should read as follows:
"SUSAN SHEAROUSE (United States) said she wished to propose an amendment to the draft."
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GENEVA, 31 March (UN Information Service) -- The situation in Colombia was the focus of discussion this afternoon, as the Commission on Human Rights received the report of the office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Bogota.
