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SG/SM/6954
9 April 1999


Press Release
SG/SM/6954
AFR/140


SECRETARY-GENERAL LEARNS WITH DISMAY OF ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT IBRAHIM MAINASSARA BARÉ OF NIGER

19990409 The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General has learned with dismay of the assassination this morning of President Ibrahim Mainassara Baré of the Niger.

SG/2052
8 April 1999


Press Release
SG/2052


ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE ON COORDINATION TO HOLD SPRING SESSION AT WMO HEADQUARTERS, 9-10 APRIL

19990408

GENEVA, 8 April (UN Information Service) -- The Administrative Committee on Coordination (ACC), the highest level coordination body in the United Nations system, will hold its 1999 spring session at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) headquarters at Geneva on 9 and 10 April.

SG/SM/6950
7 April 1999


Press Release
SG/SM/6950


SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING GROUP OF 77 IN GENEVA, SAYS 'IF WE PREPARE WELL' CAUSE OF DEVELOPMENT CAN BE INVIGORATED AND RESTORED TO CENTRE STAGE

19990407 Kofi Annan Stresses Policies Grounded in Current Realities to Indeed Change Future; Says UN 'Remains Your Close Partner' Working Towards This Goal

SG/SM/6949
7 April 1999


Press Release
SG/SM/6949
HR/CN/898


SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR RENEWED COMMITMENT IN NEW CENTURY TO PROTECT RIGHTS OF MAN, WOMAN, CHILD -- REGARDLESS OF ETHNIC, NATIONAL BELONGING

19990407 Kofi Annan Tells Human Rights Commission 'A United Nations That Will Not Stand Up for Human Rights is a United Nations That Cannot Stand Up for Itself'

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva today: