Press Release

15 May 1999

Press Release
SC/6679

SECURITY COUNCIL URGES GOVERNMENT AND REBEL REPRESENTATIVES IN SIERRA LEONE TO ENSURE THERE ARE NO FURTHER OBSTACLES TO DIRECT PEACE TALKS

19990515 Presidential Statement Stresses Need for Supervised Disarmament Of Ex-Combatants, Including Child Soldiers, in Context of Solution to Conflict

15 May 1999

Press Release
SC/6678

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS UNMOT MANDATE BY SIX MONTHS

19990515

The Security Council this morning decided to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan (UNMOT) by six months until 15 November.

14 May 1999

Press Release
SOC/4498

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR SPECIAL SESSION ON WORLD SOCIAL SUMMIT TO MEET AT HEADQUARTERS, 17-28 MAY

19990514 Background Release Special Session to Be Held in Geneva 26-30 June 2000; Committee to Conduct Preliminary Review of Social Summit Commitments

14 May 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6993

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AT GENEVA, ON 14 MAY

19990514

14 May 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6992

SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON BALKANS

19990514 GENEVA, 14 May (UN Information Service) -- This is the prepared text of the opening statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the second part of the High-Level Meeting on the crisis in the Balkans, held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva today:

First, I would like to introduce my Special Envoys for the Balkans, Mr. Carl Bildt and Mr. Eduard Kukan.

14 May 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6991
SAG/34

SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES WORLD METEOROLOGICAL CONGRESS

19990514 GENEVA, 14 May (UN Information Service) -- Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Meteorological Congress, delivered today at the Geneva International Conference Centre:

14 May 1999

Press Release
SC/6677

SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR ACCESS FOR UN AND OTHER HUMANITARIAN PERSONNEL OPERATING IN KOSOVO AND OTHER PARTS OF FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA

19990514 Resolution 1239 (1999) Adopted By Vote of 13-0-2 (China and Russian Federation)

14 May 1999

Press Release
SC/6676

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF MINURSO UNTIL 14 SEPTEMBER

19990514

The Security Council tonight decided to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) until 14 September in order to resume the identification process, start the appeals process and conclude all outstanding agreements needed to implement the Settlement Plan.

14 May 1999

Press Release
SC/6675

SECURITY COUNCIL EXPRESSES PROFOUND REGRETS OVER BOMBING OF CHINESE EMBASSY, DEEP SORROW FOR LOSS OF LIVES, INJURIES, PROPERTY DAMAGE CAUSED

19990514 Council Observes Minute of Silence in Memory of Victims, Presidential Statement Stresses Need for Investigation of NATO Bombing

14 May 1999

Press Release
POP/726