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SG/2057
14 July 1999


Press Release
SG/2057
SOC/NAR/808


UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO PRESENT VIENNA CIVIL SOCIETY AWARD ON 19 JULY

19990714 (Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 14 July (UN Information Service) -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan will be presenting the first Vienna Civil Society Award, which honours individuals or groups for outstanding work in fighting global crime and drug abuse, to four international winners at a Vienna ceremony on Monday, 19 July.

SG/SM/7065
13 July 1999


Press Release
SG/SM/7065
AFR/154


SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS NATIONAL RECONCILIATION, RULE OF LAW IN GUINEA-BISSAU

19990713 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

Last Friday, the Military Junta in Guinea-Bissau handed over to the transitional civilian Government the remaining political prisoners it had detained, following the 7 May events.