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SG/SM/6911*
1 March 1999


Press Release
SG/SM/6911*
AFR/135*


SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES THAT NIGERIAN ELECTIONS WILL CONSTITUTE MAJOR POSITIVE STEP IN TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY

19990301 The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General has been informed of the provisional results of the Presidential elections of Saturday, 27 February, as published by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC).

SG/SM/6910
1 March 1999


Press Release
SG/SM/6910
CA/19


SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES GUATEMALAN HISTORICAL CLARIFICATION COMMISSION ON CONCLUSION OF ITS WORK

19990301 Kofi Annan Meets with Commission Representatives After Release of Report On Rights Violations and Other Acts of Violence During 36-Year Internal Conflict

Following is the text of a statement issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SG/SM/6906
26 February 1999


Press Release
SG/SM/6906


STRUGGLE TO ELIMINATE ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES KEY IN EFFORT AGAINST WEAPONS WHICH KILL AND MAIM CIVILIANS INDISCRIMINATELY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

19990226 ADVANCE TEXT Following is the text of a message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the entry into force of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (Ottawa Convention) on Monday, 1 March:

SG/SM/6905
25 February 1999


Press Release
SG/SM/6905
CA/18


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS REPORT OF GUATEMALA'S CLARIFICATION COMMISSION IS GREAT ACHIEVEMENT FOR PEOPLE STRUGGLING TO ACHIEVE PEACE WITH JUSTICE

19990225 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Declaring Public Commission's Report, Kofi Annan Calls for Its Broad Dissemination To Help Further Goals of National Reconciliation in Guatemala