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SG/SM/6178
7 March 1997


Press Release
SG/SM/6178
WOM/954


GOOD MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES IS NOT POSSIBLE UNLESS FULL ATTENTION IS PAID TO DIMENSION OF GENDER

19970307

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Group on Equal Rights for Women in the United Nations delivered in New York today:

Thank you for inviting me to join you in this week's celebration of International Women's Day.

SG/SM/6176
6 March 1997


Press Release
SG/SM/6176
WOM/952


SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEDGES CONTINUED SOLIDARITY WITH WOMEN'S CAMPAIGN FOR EQUAL RIGHTS, DEVELOPMENT, FREEDOM AND PEACE

19970306 In Message on Occasion of International Women's Day, Kofi Annan Calls On States to Nominate Women to Preventive-Diplomacy, Peacemaking Assignments

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of International Women's Day, observed on 8 March: