1566 information in international security *609–619 international peace and security *37–99 general aspects of *573–575 information and telecommunications in *609–610 regional aspects of *575–576 Middle East *433–494 outer space, peaceful uses of *599–607 implementation of UNISPACE III recommendations *602–603 Legal Subcommittee *606–607 Scientific and Technical Subcommittee 603–606 peacekeeping operations *71–99 political missions, special 63–66 promotion of peace and security Africa *103–116 international *37–66 Puerto Rico, decolonization *588 regional aspects of international peace and security *575–576 support for democracies *573–575 telecommunications in international security *609–610 territories under review for decolonization *588– 599 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 14, 43 UN public information *610–619 UNISPACE III recommendations, implementation of *602–603 see also Africa; Americas; Asia and the Pacific; Information; International peace and security; outer space political missions, special 63–66 political missions and offices, roster of 64–66 see also specific mission names pollution see environment POPULATION *1045–1056 development, international migration and 1047–1048 follow-up to 1994 Conference on Population and Development 1045–1047 HIV/AIDS 1045–1047, 1049–1051, *1054 implementation of Programme of Action 1045–1047 international migration and development 1047–1048 Joint Inspection Unit 1049, 1053 Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS 1049, 1051, *1054 Millennium Development Goals 1049, 1055 United Nations Children’s Fund 1051, 1055 United Nations Development Programme 1048–1049, *1053–1055 United Nations Population Fund 1045, *1048–1054 see also United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) POVERTY eradication of *808–813 United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination *809 human rights, extreme poverty 717–718 programme and organizational questions Africa 974 Asia and the Pacific 980 Europe 984 programme planning and performance, UN *1417–1418 protection issues refugees and displaced persons 1202–1203
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