In progress at UNHQ

Press Release


SC/6542
1 July 1998


Press Release
SC/6542


NEW CHAIRMEN OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY BODIES IN JULY

19980701 In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the new Chairmen of the United Nations security bodies for July:

Security Council

Sergey Lavrov (Russian Federation) succeeds António Monteiro (Portugal) as President of the Security Council.

Military Staff Committee

SG/SM/6621
30 June 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6621


SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS AWARD OF TEMPLETON PRIZE TO SIR SIGMUND STERNBERG

19980630 This is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan (delivered on his behalf by Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations, Gillian M. Sorensen) at a ceremony in New York on Friday (26 June) for the presentation of the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion: