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Press Release

NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO ACCEPT GIFT FROM GOVERNMENTS OF KENYA, NAMIBIA AND NEPAL

11 November 1998


Press Release


NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO ACCEPT GIFT FROM GOVERNMENTS OF KENYA, NAMIBIA AND NEPAL

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On Wednesday, 18 November, at 12 noon, the Secretary-General will accept the gift of a cast of a sleeping elephant on behalf of the United Nations.

This life-size bronze cast is being presented to the United Nations by the Governments of Kenya, Namibia and Nepal.

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SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES DETERMINATION TO ENSURE THAT NEW PAGE CAN BE TURNED IN HISTORY OF WESTERN SAHARA

10 November 1998


Press Release
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SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES DETERMINATION TO ENSURE THAT NEW PAGE CAN BE TURNED IN HISTORY OF WESTERN SAHARA

19981110 Addressing Saharan Chiefs in Laayoune, Kofi Annan Says 'My Message Is a Message of Hope and Resolution'

Following is the statement, translated from French, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Saharan Chiefs, in Laayoune, on 9 November:

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ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL MEMBERS SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE APPROPRIATE LEGAL QUALIFICATIONS, SIXTH COMMITTEE TOLD

10 November 1998


Press Release
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ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL MEMBERS SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE APPROPRIATE LEGAL QUALIFICATIONS, SIXTH COMMITTEE TOLD

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Members of the Administrative Tribunal of the United Nations should be required to have appropriate legal qualifications and should serve for longer terms, the Sixth Committee (Legal) was told this afternoon as it met to review the Statute of the Tribunal.