Press Release

23 June 1999

Press Release
GA/COL/3010

SPECIAL DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE CONTINUES TO HEAR SPEAKERS ON EAST TIMOR

19990623

The flexibility and innovation of the Indonesian Government and its leading role in finding a settlement was the spark that had made negotiations possible, a petitioner said this afternoon in the Special Committee on the Situation with Regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

23 June 1999

Press Release
GA/COL/3009

DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF EAST TIMOR

19990623

Twenty-one Speakers Address Preparations for August Ballot on Territory's Future

23 June 1999

Press Release
GA/9562

ASSEMBLY, IN PLENARY MEETING, EXTENDS SERVICES OF ONE REMAINING GRATIS PERSONNEL SERVING FORMER YUGOSLAVIA TRIBUNAL UNTIL END OF AUGUST

19990623

Group of 77, Russian Federation Stress Action Should Not Become

Precedent

23 June 1999

Press Release
ECOSOC/5825

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ADOPTS PROVISIONAL AGENDA AND PROGRAMME OF WORK FOR 1999 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION -- GENEVA, 5 -30 JULY

19990623

The Economic and Social Council began its 1999 substantive session this morning by adopting its provisional agenda and programme of work for the session. The session will be held from 5 to 30 July in Geneva.

23 June 1999

Press Release
ECOSOC/5824

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TAKES UP SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS AS IT FINALIZES PREPARATIONS FOR 1999 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION

19990623

The President of the Economic and Social Council, Francesco Paolo Fulci (Italy), highlighted a number of innovations that had been taken to revitalize the Council, as it met this morning to take up organizational matters.

23 June 1999

Press Release
DSG/SM/60

EFFECTIVE TOOLS, WILL TO USE THEM NEEDED TO MEET UN'S GLOBAL CHALLENGES SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MONTREAL ADDRESS

19990623

Following is the address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Frechette to the Montreal Council on International Relations delivered on 18 June;

23 June 1999

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AFR/149
HR/4422

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TO VISIT SIERRA LEONE

19990623

Mary Robinson To Draw Attention to Plight Of Civilian Victims of Atrocities and To Support Peace Process

(Reissued as received.)

23 June 1999

Press Release

NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS UN CORRESPONDENTS ASSOCIATION ACCEPTING ENTRIES

19990623

FOR 1999 EXCELLENCE IN UN REPORTING AWARDS

The United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA) is accepting entries for its 1999 awards for excellence in United Nations reporting, which will be given out at its annual dinner dance in October.

23 June 1999

Press Release

NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS UN CORRESPONDENTS ASSOCIATION ACCEPTING ENTRIES

19990623

FOR 1999 EXCELLENCE IN UN REPORTING AWARDS

The United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA) is accepting entries for its 1999 awards for excellence in United Nations reporting, which will be given out at its annual dinner dance in October.

22 June 1999

Press Release
WOM/1145

WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF CHILE'S REPORT

19990622 Lack of Divorce Law, Under-representation in Decision-making, Constraints in Reproductive Health among Issues Addressed by Experts