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DCF/363

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS ON NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, FISSILE MATERIAL TREATY, FROM IRAQ, CANADA AND PAKISTAN

18 March 1999


Press Release
DCF/363


CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS ON NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, FISSILE MATERIAL TREATY, FROM IRAQ, CANADA AND PAKISTAN

19990318 President of China to Address Conference on 26 March

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 18 March (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard statements on nuclear disarmament and a treaty to ban fissile material from Iraq, Canada and Pakistan.

SG/SM/6929

FOREST PROTECTION IS ESSENTIAL INVESTMENT IN FUTURE WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE AND PLANET, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS CENTRAL AFRICA FOREST SUMMIT

17 March 1999


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SG/SM/6929
ENV/DEV/496


FOREST PROTECTION IS ESSENTIAL INVESTMENT IN FUTURE WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE AND PLANET, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS CENTRAL AFRICA FOREST SUMMIT

19990317 In Message to Summit's Opening, in Yaoundé, Kofi Annan Stresses Need To Encourage Private Sector to Make Positive Investments in Forest Management

HR/CN/876

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO HOLD ANNUAL SESSION FROM 22 MARCH TO 30 APRIL

17 March 1999


Press Release
HR/CN/876


COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO HOLD ANNUAL SESSION FROM 22 MARCH TO 30 APRIL

19990317 Background Release

GENEVA, 17 March (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights will review the state of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the world during its fifty-fifth session, which will be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 22 March to 30 April.

BIO/3221

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SLOVAKIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

17 March 1999


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BIO/3221


NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SLOVAKIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

19990317 Biographical Note

Peter Tomka, the new Permanent Representative of Slovakia to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

SG/SM/6928

IN VIDEO MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS FUTURE OF HUMANITY LIES IN CITIES; STRESSES THAT URBAN REVOLUTION MUST WORK FOR PEOPLE, NOT AGAINST THEM

16 March 1999


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SG/SM/6928


IN VIDEO MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS FUTURE OF HUMANITY LIES IN CITIES; STRESSES THAT URBAN REVOLUTION MUST WORK FOR PEOPLE, NOT AGAINST THEM

19990316 Following is the text of a video message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the thirty-fourth World Congress of the International Union of Local Authorities, to be held in Barcelona from 21 to 24 March: