Secretary-General: Press Release

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SG/SM/7262

SECRETARY-GENERAL EMPHASIZES IMPORTANT ROLE OF UNITED NATIONS FOR NEW MILLENNIUM

Following is the text of Secretary Kofi Annan’s message for the new millennium:

Today, we celebrate a special New Year with a momentous number: the Year Two Thousand.

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SG/SM/7261
SC/6772

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING SECURITY COUNCIL ON ‘UN PARTNERSHIP WITH AFRICA’, OFFERS PRESCRIPTION FOR MORE EFFECTIVE INVOLVEMENT IN CONTINENT

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the open meeting of the Security Council on “the United Nations partnership with Africa” on 15 December:

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SG/SM/7260

KOFI ANNAN SAYS `HEALING OF WOUNDS’ BETWEEN JEWISH COMMUNITY AND UNITED NATIONS AMONG HIS PRIORITIES AS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Speech to New York Group Acknowledges Sense of ‘Exclusion’ and Calls For Mutual Understanding, Recognizing Jewish Contribution to World Body

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SG/SM/7259

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AT HEADQUARTERS, 14 DECEMBER

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SG/SM/7258*
WOM/1152

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IT IS DUTY OF ALL TO BE ‘VIGILANT AND ARTICULATE CUSTODIANS’ OF WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address on the opening for signature of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, which was delivered this afternoon at Headquarters:

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SG/SM/7257

SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENTS ON GUIDELINES ISSUED TO ENVOYS

The following statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan was issued today in New York:

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SG/A/716
BIO/3262

MAJOR-GENERAL VICTORY RANA APPOINTED FORCE COMMANDER OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN CYPRUS

Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today the appointment of Major-General Victory Rana of Nepal as Force Commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) to succeed Major-General Evergisto Arturo de Vergara, who relinquishes his post on 15 December 1999.

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SG/SM/7256

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RESUMPTION OF ISREAL-SYRIA TALKS

Agreement for High-level Meeting Said to Review Hopes In Search for Just, Lasting and Comprehensive Peace in Middle East

This is the text of a statement today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

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SG/SM/7255

REPRESENTATIVES OF GREECE, FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA MEET AT UNITED NATIONS, EXCHANGE VIEWS ON 1995 INTERIM ACCORD

This is the text of a statement today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

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SG/A/715

JAN EGELAND APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVISER TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO COLOMBIA