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SG/T/2167

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S VISIT TO LUXEMBOURG, 28-29 JANUARY

2 February 1999


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SG/T/2167


SECRETARY-GENERAL'S VISIT TO LUXEMBOURG, 28-29 JANUARY

19990202

The Secretary-General arrived in Luxembourg in the evening of Thursday, 28 January. He was welcomed by Jacques F. Poos, Vice-Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg.

SG/T/2166

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S VISIT TO BELGIUM, 26-28 JANUARY

1 February 1999


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SG/T/2166


SECRETARY-GENERAL'S VISIT TO BELGIUM, 26-28 JANUARY

19990201

The Secretary-General travelled from Geneva to Brussels in the evening of Tuesday, 26 January. He was welcomed to Belgium by the Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Erik Derycke.

At 9:30 a.m. on the following day, he met with the families of the Belgian peacekeepers killed in Rwanda in 1994. He then had an audience with King Albert II at the Palais Royal.

SG/T/2165

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S VISIT TO SWITZERLAND, 23-26 JANUARY

1 February 1999


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SG/T/2165


SECRETARY-GENERAL'S VISIT TO SWITZERLAND, 23-26 JANUARY

19990201

The Secretary-General arrived in Geneva from Dublin, Ireland, on Saturday afternoon, 23 January.

On Sunday, following the decision taken at the Arusha Regional Summit by Burundi's neighbouring countries to suspend economic sanctions imposed on that country, the Secretary-General issued a statement welcoming this move (see Press Release SG/SM/6871).

SG/SM/6882

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES REFORM IN MESSAGE TO UNEP GOVERNING COUNCIL

1 February 1999


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SG/SM/6882
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SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES REFORM IN MESSAGE TO UNEP GOVERNING COUNCIL

19990201

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the twentieth session of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), delivered on his behalf by its Executive Director, Klaus Töpfer, in Nairobi today:

SG/SM/6881/Rev.1*

SECRETARY-GENERAL PROPOSES GLOBAL COMPACT ON HUMAN RIGHTS, LABOUR, ENVIRONMENT, IN ADDRESS TO WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM IN DAVOS

1 February 1999


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SG/SM/6881/Rev.1*


SECRETARY-GENERAL PROPOSES GLOBAL COMPACT ON HUMAN RIGHTS, LABOUR, ENVIRONMENT, IN ADDRESS TO WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM IN DAVOS

19990201 Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on 31 January:

I am delighted to join you again at the World Economic Forum. This is my third visit in just over two years as Secretary-General of the United Nations.

SG/SM/6881

SECRETARY-GENERAL PROPOSES GLOBAL COMPACT ON HUMAN RIGHTS, LABOUR, ENVIRONMENT, IN ADDRESS TO WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM IN DAVOS

1 February 1999


Press Release
SG/SM/6881


SECRETARY-GENERAL PROPOSES GLOBAL COMPACT ON HUMAN RIGHTS, LABOUR, ENVIRONMENT, IN ADDRESS TO WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM IN DAVOS

19990201 Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on 31 January:

I am delighted to join you again at the World Economic Forum. This is my third visit in just over two years as Secretary-General of the United Nations.

SG/SM/6880

IN ACCEPTING NONVIOLENCE AWARD, SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEDGES NOT TO FORGET SACRIFICES OF MAHATMA GANDHI AND MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

29 January 1999


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SG/SM/6880


IN ACCEPTING NONVIOLENCE AWARD, SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEDGES NOT TO FORGET SACRIFICES OF MAHATMA GANDHI AND MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

19990129 Following is the text of the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon receiving the first Gandhi/King Award for Nonviolence, which was delivered today in New York on his behalf by Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations Gillian Sorensen: