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TAD/1880
22 June 1999


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TAD/1880


GLOBAL FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT BOOMED IN 1998 FUELLED BY MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, UNCTAD SAYS

19990622

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 22 June (UNCTAD) -- According to preliminary data released today by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), world foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in 1998 increased by 39 per cent over 1997, to $644 billion.

SG/SM/7041
22 June 1999


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SG/SM/7041


SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ACTION OF UNITED STATES SENATE ON PARTIAL PAYMENT OF COUNTRY'S ARREARS TO UNITED NATIONS

19990622 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General welcomes the action of the United States Senate in approving an authorization bill containing funds in partial payment of United States arrears to the United Nations.

SG/SM/7040
22 June 1999


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SG/SM/7040
AFR/148


SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES SATISFACTION THAT UN HUMANITARIAN ASSESSMENT MISSION TO SPLM/A-HELD AREAS IN SOUTH KOFDOFAN STATE OF SUDAN IS PROCEEDING POSITIVELY

19990622

The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SG/SM/7039
22 June 1999


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SG/SM/7039
OBV/101


SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES CRUCIAL ROLE OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN ENDING HOSTILITIES IN BALKANS AND IN MAKING POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF COUNCIL RESOLUTION

19990622

Kofi Annan Says World Owes Considerable Debt of Gratitude To President Yeltsin, Foreign Minister Ivanov and Special Envoy Chernomyrdin

DSG/SM/61
22 June 1999


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DSG/SM/61
PI/1150


DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED TO BUILD REAL PUBLIC CONFIDENCE ABOUT ACTIONS TO CONFRONT Y2K ISSUE

19990622 Louise Fréchette, in Meeting of Y2K Coordinators, Praises Ahmad Kamal Of Pakistan as 'Truly Remarkable Chairman' of Working Group on Informatics

Following is the text of closing remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the Working Group on Informatics, in New York today: