Press Release

8 March 1999

Press Release
GA/AB/3283

ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUDGETARY COMMITTEE BEGINS FIRST PART OF RESUMED FIFTY-THIRD SESSION

19990308 Committee Discusses Programme of Work; Takes Up Review of Organization's Administrative and Financial Efficiency

5 March 1999

Press Release
WOM/1109

TRAINING INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN FACES FINANCIAL CRISIS COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN TOLD

19990305 Former Director Says INSTRAW Cannot Function Beyond August 1999; USG for Economic and Social Affairs Stresses Need for Immediate Support

5 March 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6917

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY ENDORSES DECISION TO CREATE BRCKO DISTRICT OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

19990305

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

5 March 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6916

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP OF LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL

19990305

Following are remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the twenty- first Annual Lions Day with the United Nations, in New York on 5 March:

Thank you for those kind words. It is incredible to have so many Lions in one room. I am a tiger myself, in that I was born in the year of the tiger.

5 March 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6915

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES ROLE OF UNITED NATIONS IN NEXT MILLENNIUM, HELPING PEOPLE DEFINE AND IMPLEMENT COMMON GLOBAL ETHIC

19990305 Kofi Annan Tells UNIS/UN Student Conference, Bedrock of That Ethic Will Continue To Be Values Defined in UN Charter, Human Rights Declaration

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the United Nations International School (UNIS)/United Nations Student Conference, in New York today:

5 March 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6914
WOM/1110

'DO NOT LET PEOPLE IN THIS GLASS HOUSE BECOME PEOPLE UNDER A GLASS CEILING', SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS PANEL ON OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

19990305 Kofi Annan Stresses Duty Of Every Manager To Encourage Women To Grow and Advance

5 March 1999

Press Release
OS/1748

LEGAL SUBCOMMITTEE CONCLUDES THIRTY-EIGHTH SESSION AT VIENNA, 1-5 MARCH

19990305 Sets Up Working Group To Promote Full Adherence to Space Treaties Agrees on Contribution to World Conference on Space Technology (UNISPACE III)

5 March 1999

Press Release
OBV/87
WOM/1111

UNFPA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ADDRESS GLOBAL VIDEOCONFERENCE ON 'WORLD FREE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN'

19990305 In Message on Occasion of International Women's Day, Dr. Nafis Sadik Calls for Zero Tolerance of Violence against Women

5 March 1999

Press Release

NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL HOLDS TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL DAY WITH THE UNITED NATIONS

19990305

Lions Clubs International members from around the world will meet with the Secretary-General and permanent representatives of United Nations Member States today, as part of the twenty-first Annual Lions Day with the United Nations, sponsored by the Department of Public Information.

4 March 1999

Press Release
WOM/1108

WOMEN'S COMMISSION CONCLUDES GENERAL DISCUSSION ON INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS FOR ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN

19990304 Need for Data Analysis, Adequate Funding Stressed by Speakers

Representatives stressed the need for data analysis and adequate funding in the development of effective institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women, as the Commission on the Status of Women concluded its general discussions on the topic this afternoon.