Press Release

11 June 1999

Press Release
WOM/1133

RETURNING REFUGEES AND ERADICATING POVERTY IN RURAL AREAS PARTS OF GEORGIA'S 1998-2000 ACTION PLAN FOR WOMEN, ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

19990611 Committee Concludes Consideration of Georgia's Report on Compliance With Convention of Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

11 June 1999

Press Release
TAD/1879

11 June 1999

Press Release
TAD/1878

EXPERTS ADOPT PRINCIPLES OF GOOD PRACTICE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES

19990611 (Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 7 June (UNCTAD) -- Some 70 experts from around the world on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) agreed last week on a set of recommendations and principles of good practice for action to enhance SME access to financial and business development services.

11 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7029

SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUDS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNALS PROSECUTOR

19990611 The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Government of Canada yesterday announced the appointment of Louise Arbour to the Supreme Court of Canada.

11 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7028

SECRETARY-GENERAL AWARE OF DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY CONCERNING HIS MISSION OF GOOD OFFICES IN CYPRUS

19990611

Kofi Annan Studying Joint Statement of G-8 Foreign Ministers In Preparation of Summit Meeting to Be Held Next Week in Cologne

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

11 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7027

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES OBLIGATION OF GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT YOUNG PEOPLE

19990611

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message to the final conference of the United Nations OneWorld Youth Conference Series -- held in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, from 6 to 8 June -- which was delivered by the Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, Kensaku Hogen:

11 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7026/Rev.1*
SOC/NAR/802/Rev.1*

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS GLOBAL IMPLICATIONS AND CROSS-BORDER NATURE OF DRUG ABUSE AND ILLICIT TRAFFICKING MAKE UN MOST SUITABLE FOR WAGING WAR

19990611

AGAINST THEM

Following is the text of the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the occasion of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, to be observed on 26 June:

11 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7026
SOC/NAR/802

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS GLOBAL IMPLICATIONS AND CROSS-BORDER NATURE OF DRUG ABUSE AND ILLICIT TRAFFICKING MAKE UN MOST SUITABLE FOR WAGING WAR AGAINST THEM

19990611 Following is the text of the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the occasion of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, to be observed on 26 June:

11 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7025

UN FOUNDED ON BELIEF THAT WORLD CAN YIELD TO FORCES OF CHANGE, TOLERANCE, HOPE SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, ACCEPTING 'SEEDS OF PEACE' PRIZE

19990611 Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon receiving the 1999 Seeds of Peace Prize in New York on 10 June:

11 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7024

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ESCALATION IN ATTACKS ON UN BLUE AND IN VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW IS DEEPLY TROUBLING PHENOMENON

19990611 Addressing Summit on Security of International Civil Service, Kofi Annan Stresses 'Safety and Security of Staff is Non-Negotiable Issue'