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SG/SM/6906
26 February 1999


Press Release
SG/SM/6906


STRUGGLE TO ELIMINATE ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES KEY IN EFFORT AGAINST WEAPONS WHICH KILL AND MAIM CIVILIANS INDISCRIMINATELY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

19990226 ADVANCE TEXT Following is the text of a message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the entry into force of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (Ottawa Convention) on Monday, 1 March:

SC/6651
26 February 1999


Press Release
SC/6651


SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC MISSION UNTIL 15 NOVEMBER

19990226

The Security Council this morning extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic (MINURCA) until 15 November, and expressed its intention to fully terminate it by that date, after authorizing it to play a supportive role in the presidential elections expected to be completed by the end of October.