Also Endorses Appointment of Expert On Effects of Structural Adjustment Policies on Human Rights
Following is the address of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the Third Summit on the Security and Independence of the International Civil Service, held at Headquarters on 15 June:
Japan Says It Does Not Recognize Existence of Arms Race in Outer Space Today
(Reissued as received.)
The representative of Austria introduced her countrys third, fourth and fifth periodic reports on compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women this morning, highlighting the advances made on improving the quality of life for women in that country.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan departed New York on Friday afternoon, 9 June, for Washington, D.C., where he delivered a keynote address that evening to the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:
Continuing hostilities in the Equateur and Kasai provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, uninterrupted violence in Kivu and heavy fighting between foreign armies in the city of Kisangani were among the key elements of the Congolese crisis, the President of the Security Council said this afternoon.
