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Note to Correspondents

NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS PANEL DISCUSSION ON 'WOMEN AT THE PEACE TABLE' TO BE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS IN OBSERVANCE OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

3 March 1997


Press Release


NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS PANEL DISCUSSION ON 'WOMEN AT THE PEACE TABLE' TO BE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS IN OBSERVANCE OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

19970303

In observance of International Women's Day (8 March), a panel discussion on the theme "Women at the peace table" will be held at Headquarters from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., on Thursday, 6 March, in Conference Room 4.

NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS FIRST SIX WEEKS OF UN REFORM OUTLINED IN BACKGROUND NOTE FROM SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SPOKESMAN

13 February 1997


Press Release


NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS FIRST SIX WEEKS OF UN REFORM OUTLINED IN BACKGROUND NOTE FROM SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SPOKESMAN

19970213

The following background information on United Nations reforms, instituted in the first six weeks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's term, was issued today by the Secretary-General's Spokesman:

Secretary-General Kofi Annan is pursuing United Nations reform on two tracks.

NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS UNIS CHOIR TO PERFORM AT HEADQUARTERS MARKING 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO INTERNATIONAL AND NEW YORK CITY COMMUNITIES

11 February 1997


Press Release


NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS UNIS CHOIR TO PERFORM AT HEADQUARTERS MARKING 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO INTERNATIONAL AND NEW YORK CITY COMMUNITIES

19970211

The United Nations International School (UNIS) is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary with a year of activities, including a choral performance for United Nations staff at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, 12 February, at Headquarters.

NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS KOFI ANNAN OF GHANA, ACCEPTING WITH 'HUMILITY' NOMINATION AS SECRETARY-GENERAL, SAYS 'I AM EAGER TO BEGIN'

13 December 1996


Press Release


NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS KOFI ANNAN OF GHANA, ACCEPTING WITH 'HUMILITY' NOMINATION AS SECRETARY-GENERAL, SAYS 'I AM EAGER TO BEGIN'

19961213

The following statement was issued today by the Under-Secretary General for Peace-keeping Operations, Kofi Annan, following the formal recommendation by the Security Council that he be appointed United Nations Secretary-General:

NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS ITALY'S FOREIGN MINISTER TO PRESENT SCULPTURE TO UNITED NATIONS

20 November 1996


Press Release


NOTE TO CORRESPONDENTS ITALY'S FOREIGN MINISTER TO PRESENT SCULPTURE TO UNITED NATIONS

19961120

A sculpture, entitled "Sphere within a Sphere" by Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro, will be presented as a gift to the United Nations by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Italy, Lamberto Dini, at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, 21 November, on the terrace north of the Visitors Entrance to the General Assembly.