Press Release

7 June 1999

Press Release
HR/4417

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONCLUDES TWENTY-FIRST SESSION

19990607 Issues Final Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Barbados, St. Kitts and Nevis, Honduras, Benin, Chad, and Nicaragua

(Reissued as received.)

7 June 1999

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DSG/SM/55
WOM/1127

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR TRULY UNIVERSAL COMMITMENT TO TRULY EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN EVERYWHERE AS NEW MILLENNIUM BEGINS

19990607 Louise Fréchette Addresses Special Commemorative Meeting on Twentieth Anniversary of Convention on Elimination of Discrimination against Women

7 June 1999

Press Release

5 June 1999

Press Release
DSG/SM/54

NO CAUSE TOO DISTANT, NO TASK TOO DIFFICULT, WHEN CITIZENS TRULY COMMITTED, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN OTTAWA ADDRESS

19990605 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Following is the text of the address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Frechette to the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Canada, on 5 June:

4 June 1999

Press Release
WOM/1125

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN TO HOLD TWENTY-FIRST SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS

19990604 Background Release

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, the only United Nations human rights treaty-monitoring body concerned exclusively with women, will convene the second of its two annual sessions at Headquarters from 7 to 25 June.

4 June 1999

Press Release
SG/T/2183

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S ACTIVITIES IN ITALY 2-3 JUNE

19990604 At the invitation of His Holiness Pope John Paul II, the Secretary-General travelled to Rome to meet with the Pope, in order to assess the situation in the Balkans and the prospects for resolving the crisis and building peace in the region.

The Secretary-General travelled on Tuesday evening, 2 June.

4 June 1999

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SG/SM/7019
AFR/146

SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF SOUTH AFRICA FOR EXEMPLARY MANNER IN WHICH SECOND DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS CONDUCTED

19990604 The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

4 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7018

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES NEWS OF BREAKTHROUGH AGREEMENT REACHED YESTERDAY IN BELGRADE

19990604 Following is the text of a statement attributable to Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

I welcome the news of the breakthrough agreement reached in Belgrade yesterday. My warmest congratulations go to President Martti Ahtisaari and Special Envoy Victor Chernomyrdin on their achievement.

4 June 1999

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SEA/1618

4 June 1999

Press Release
SAG/37

UN FOOD AGENCIES SAY JORDAN HIT BY WORST DROUGHT IN DECADES

19990604

ROME, 3 June (FAO) -- The Kingdom of Jordan has been hit by the "worst drought in decades" affecting hundreds of thousands of people, according to a joint report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).