The fifty-fifth session of the
United Nations General Assembly
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opened on 5 September 2000 at the
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in
New York City
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. The
president
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was former
Prime Minister of Finland
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Harri Holkeri
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.
Addresses
In his address to the assembly,
Vinci Niel Clodumar
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Career
He was Minister of Finance under Bernard Dowiyogo from September 1993 to June 1994.
In hi ...
, the head of the
Nauru
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Delegation, criticised the
Western European and Others Group
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and advocated for the creation of a new Oceania regional group to include both Australia and New Zealand, as well as the
ASEAN member countries,
Japan
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,
South Korea
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and the Pacific island countries. In his speech he mentioned that "the 11 Pacific island countries are drowning in the Asian Group, while Australia and New Zealand...are marooned in the Group of Western European and other States."
References
External links
Resolutions and Decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 55th session
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