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SG/SM/7003

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED WITH REPORTS OF FIGHTING BETWEEN INDIAN AND PAKISTANI TROOPS IN KASHMIR

25 May 1999


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SG/SM/7003


SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED WITH REPORTS OF FIGHTING BETWEEN INDIAN AND PAKISTANI TROOPS IN KASHMIR

19990525 The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is concerned about report of a two-week long heavy exchange of fire between the Indian and Pakistani troops along the Line of Control in the Kargil and Drass sectors in Jammu and Kashmir.

SG/SM/6999

IN ERA OF GLOBAL CHANGE, TIME TO BRING ABOUT 'AFRICA THAT AFRICANS DESERVE' SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO AFRICAN/AFRICAN-AMERICAN SUMMIT IN GHANA

19 May 1999


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SG/SM/6999
AFR/144


IN ERA OF GLOBAL CHANGE, TIME TO BRING ABOUT 'AFRICA THAT AFRICANS DESERVE' SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO AFRICAN/AFRICAN-AMERICAN SUMMIT IN GHANA

19990519 Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fifth African/African-American Summit, delivered on his behalf by the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Ibrahima Fall, in Accra, Ghana, on 19 May:

SG/SM/6998

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT ON SIERRA LEONE

19 May 1999


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SG/SM/6998
AFR/143


SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT ON SIERRA LEONE

19990519 The following statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan concerning the Sierra Leone ceasefire was issued today by his Spokesman:

SG/SM/6997

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS RENEWAL OF EFFECTIVENESS AND RELEVANCE OF SECURITY COUNCIL MUST BE CORNERSTONE OF EFFORTS TO PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL PEACE IN NEXT CENTURY

18 May 1999


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SG/SM/6997


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS RENEWAL OF EFFECTIVENESS AND RELEVANCE OF SECURITY COUNCIL MUST BE CORNERSTONE OF EFFORTS TO PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL PEACE IN NEXT CENTURY

19990518 Following is the text of an address on "The Effectiveness of the International Rule of Law in Maintaining International Peace and Security", delivered today in The Hague by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, on the occasion of the centennial of the first International Peace Conference: