Press Release

3 February 1997

Press Release
ENV/DEV/402

31 January 1997

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WOM/950

31 January 1997

Press Release
WOM/949

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DECIDES TO CONSIDER 10 REPORTS AT JULY SESSION

19970131 Experts Also Discuss Ways to Expedite Committee's Work; Twice Yearly Sessions Being Held, Primarily to Address Report Backlog

31 January 1997

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SG/T/2084

31 January 1997

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SG/SM/6153

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ADDRESS TO WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM, STRESSES STRENGTHENED PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS, PRIVATE SECTOR

19970131 ADVANCE RELEASE Says Market Capitalism Threatened `from within Itself'; Will Succeed Only by Promoting Both Prosperity and Justice

Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on 1 February 1997:

31 January 1997

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SG/SM/6152

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AT UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA ON 30 JANUARY

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31 January 1997

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SC/6321

SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS ON CROATIAN GOVERNMENT TO FULFIL ELECTION-RELATED COMMITMENTS

19970131 In Presidential Statement, Council Also Condemns Today's Death of UNTAES Peace-keeper in Vukovar

31 January 1997

Press Release
SC/6320

NEW CHAIRMEN OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY BODIES IN FEBRUARY

19970131 In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following new Chairmen of United Nations security bodies will take office on 1 February:

Security Council

Njuguna M. Mahugu (Kenya) succeeds Hisashi Owada (Japan) as President of the Security Council.

Military Staff Committee

31 January 1997

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ORG/1231

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN FEBRUARY

19970131 The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held beginning in February, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month:

20 January-27 March Conference on Disarmament (first part), Geneva

31 January 1997

Press Release
GA/9215

GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPOINTS INDIA, JAPAN TO FILL ACABQ VACANCIES

19970131

The General Assembly this morning, acting without a vote, appointed candidates from India and Japan to the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), as it resumed its fifty-first session to consider two agenda items. The Assembly also paid tribute to the late President of the Marshall Islands, Amata Kahua.