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PRESS CONFERENCE ON ANNE FRANK DECLARATION

14 January 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE ON ANNE FRANK DECLARATION

19990114

Secretary-General Kofi Annan this morning became the first world leader to sign the Anne Frank Declaration, Gilian Walnes, Executive Secretary of the Anne Frank Educational Trust, announced at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon. The Declaration commits signatories "to work towards a better world, free of bigotry, in the new millennium".

DAILY BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

15 January 1999



Press Briefing

DAILY BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19990115

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by informing correspondents that the Security Council had this morning adopted resolution 1222 (1999) extending the mandate of the United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka (UNMOP) -- in Croatia -- until 15 July.