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DCF/415
16/05/2002
Press Release
DCF/415


CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT STARTS SECOND PART OF 2002 SESSION


President Encouraged by Consultations


(Reissued as received.)


GENEVA, 16 May (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament this morning held the first plenary of the second part of its 2002 session by hearing its President say that he was encouraged by consultations on how to de-block the current impasse in the Conference.

SG/SM/8242
15/05/2002
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SG/SM/8242


SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO GLOBAL MINING INITIATIVE CONFERENCE,


NOTES MOBILIZATION OF ‘UNPRECEDENTED COALITION FOR CHANGE’


Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the closing session of the Global Mining Initiative Conference, delivered on his behalf by George Kell, Executive Head of the Global Compact, in Toronto on 15 May:

SG/SM/8241-AFR/412
15/05/2002
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SG/SM/8241
AFR/412


SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES PEOPLE OF SIERRA LEONE ON ‘SPIRIT OF MUTUAL


RESPECT AND RECONCILIATION’ IN YESTERDAY’S ELECTIONS


Appeals for Continued Calm, Restraint

As Election Results are Collated and Announced


The following statement was issued today be the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SC/7398
15/05/2002
Press Release
SC/7398


PRESS STATEMENT ON SIERRA LEONE BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL


Following is today’s press statement on Sierra Leone by the President of the Security Council, Kishore Mahbubani (Singapore):


Members of the Council welcomed the peaceful conduct of the Sierra Leone presidential and parliamentary elections yesterday.  They also noted the role of the United Kingdom and the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) in bringing this about.


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