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FAQ: difference between Press Releases and ODS

Press-releases are not the UN official documents. You will not find them in the Official Document System of the United Nations (ODS) http://documents.un.org/ .
You can retrieve SG/SM/7631 from the press-releases database http://www.un.org/apps/pressreleases/ by typing that symbol in the SYMBOL window of the search page. You also must change the DATE : FROM .... TO.... on the search page.

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