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NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS FIRST SIX WEEKS OF UN REFORM OUTLINED IN BACKGROUND NOTE FROM SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SPOKESMAN

13 February 1997


Press Release


NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS FIRST SIX WEEKS OF UN REFORM OUTLINED IN BACKGROUND NOTE FROM SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SPOKESMAN

19970213

The following background information on United Nations reforms, instituted in the first six weeks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's term, was issued today by the Secretary-General's Spokesman:

Secretary-General Kofi Annan is pursuing United Nations reform on two tracks.

HE/948

GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNEP SUSPENDS NINETEENTH SESSION

12 February 1997


Press Release
HE/948


GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNEP SUSPENDS NINETEENTH SESSION

19970212 Ministers Call for Stronger, Revitalized UNEP; Work Programme, Budget for 1998-1999 Approved; Governance Issue to Be Decided

NAIROBI, 11 February (UNEP) -- The nineteenth session of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) was suspended late on Friday, 7 February.

NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS UNIS CHOIR TO PERFORM AT HEADQUARTERS MARKING 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO INTERNATIONAL AND NEW YORK CITY COMMUNITIES

11 February 1997


Press Release


NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS UNIS CHOIR TO PERFORM AT HEADQUARTERS MARKING 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO INTERNATIONAL AND NEW YORK CITY COMMUNITIES

19970211

The United Nations International School (UNIS) is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary with a year of activities, including a choral performance for United Nations staff at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, 12 February, at Headquarters.