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SG/SM/6395
21 November 1997


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SG/SM/6395


SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN HAILS FRENCH-SPEAKING COMMUNITY'S COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AT TIME OF INCREASING GLOBALIZATION

19971121 The following is a message, translated from French, from Secretary- General Kofi Annan which was read out on 14 November by former United Nations Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, at the Francophone Summit in Hanoi:

PI/1043
21 November 1997


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PI/1043


SECOND UNITED NATIONS WORLD TELEVISION FORUM CONCLUDES AT HEADQUARTERS

19971121 Proposal Made for World Telethon to Aid Children Victimized by War; Participants Also Suggest Stronger Role for Television in Fight against Drugs

GA/L/3067
21 November 1997


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GA/L/3067


SIXTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES WORK OF CURRENT SESSION

19971121

The General Assembly would ask the Committee on Relations with the Host Country to review its membership and composition and to consider proposals regarding them, under the terms of a draft resolution approved this morning by the Sixth Committee (Legal) as it concluded its work for the current session.

DEV/2176
21 November 1997


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DEV/2176


ETHICS IN PUBLIC SERVICE REVIEWED AT UNITED NATIONS SEMINAR IN GREECE, COMMITMENT TO ACCOUNTABILITY PLEDGED

19971121 Senior Government Officials from Central and Eastern Europe Discuss Professionalism and Values in Changing Environment

NEW YORK, 21 November (DESA) -- A conference on ethics in public service, organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), ended yesterday in Thessaloniki, Greece.