SG/SM/7068
15 July 1999
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.
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.