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L/2924
4 May 1999


Press Release
L/2924


INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION OPENS FIFTY-FIRST SESSION AT PALAIS DES NATIONS IN GENEVA

19990504 Experts To Focus on State Responsibility, Nationality In Relation to Succession of States, and Reservations to Treaties

GENEVA, 4 May (UN Information Service) -- The fifty-first session of the International Law Commission, a panel of 34 experts serving in their individual capacity, began on Monday, 3 May, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

SG/SM/6979
3 May 1999


Press Release
SG/SM/6979
PI/1130


SECRETARY-GENERAL SALUTES COURAGE AND COMMITMENT TO TRUTH OF JOURNALISTS EVERYWHERE, SO FREEDOM MAY FLOURISH IN EVERY COUNTRY

19990503 In Video-Message on Occasion of World Press Freedom Day, Kofi Annan Stresses 'Press Freedom is a Cornerstone of Human Rights'

Following is the text of the video-message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the observance of World Press Freedom Day, in New York today: