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SG/SM/6967
23 April 1999


Press Release
SG/SM/6967
DEV/2203


SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES NEW UNDP ADMINISTRATOR MARK MALLOCH BROWN AS ARTICULATE, PERSUASIVE, DEVOTED TO CAUSE OF DEVELOPMENT

19990423 Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan's remarks at Headquarters today, as he introduced the new Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Mark Malloch Brown, whose appointment will take effect on 1 July:

SG/SM/6965
22 April 1999


Press Release
SG/SM/6965


SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ENCOURAGING NEWS OUT OF BELGRADE

19990422 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The news out of Belgrade is encouraging.

The Secretary-General eagerly awaits the details of what was agreed today in Belgrade between Russian envoy Viktor Chernomyrdin and Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic.