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SG/SM/6483
12 March 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6483
WOM/1047


SECRETARY-GENERAL CITES UNITED NATIONS ROLE IN HIGHLIGHTING EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN AS MEANS OF EMPOWERING WHOLE NATION

19980312 Following is the text of a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, delivered in Washington, D.C., on 11 March:

SG/T/2117
6 March 1998


Press Release
SG/T/2117


SECRETARY-GENERAL'S ACTIVITIES IN FRANCE AND IRAQ 19-23 FEBRUARY

19980306 (Received from the Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General.)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan departed New York for Iraq on Thursday, 19 February, on a mission to try to reach agreement with the Iraqi Government on a diplomatic solution to the weapons inspections stand-off.