EXPERT GROUP PREPARING STUDY ON DISARMAMENT EDUCATION

HOLDS FIRST SESSION IN NEW YORK

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES ‘PROFOUND HUMANITY AND INTEGRITY’

OF JULIUS K. NYERERE AT NEW YORK MEMORIAL MASS

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the memorial mass in honour of the late Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere in New York on 20 April:

It is a great honour for me to join you all for this memorial mass in honour of the late Mwalimu Julius Nyerere. 

                                                                  GA/SM/241

Security Council

4312^th Meeting (AM & PM)

COUNCIL HEARS CALLS TO END IMPUNITY FOR PERPETRATORS OF GENOCIDE AND GROSS

RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, AS IT DISCUSSES PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN CONFLICT

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN TENTH ANNIVERSARY MESSAGE, PRAISES ACCOMPLISHMENTS

OF EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

   Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, delivered on his behalf by Danuta Hubner, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe in London on 22 April:

CIVILIAN PROTECTION MUST BE REGULAR, CENTRAL ASPECT OF UN PEACE OPERATIONS,

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS, IN STATEMENT TO SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the statement of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the Security Council meeting on the protection of civilians in armed conflict in New York on 23 April:

FIFTY-SECOND VOLUME OF UNITED NATIONS YEARBOOK PUBLISHED COVERING

ORGANIZATION’S MAJOR ACTIVITIES IN 1998

Commission on Sustainable Development

Ninth Session

11^th Meeting (PM)

Commission on Sustainable Development

Ninth Session

10^th Meeting (AM)

SPEAKERS DESCRIBE EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT POLICIES,

IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION’S SECOND INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES HEAD OF WHO ON GLOBAL LEADERSHIP AWARD

Following is the text of remarks made by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the United Nations Association-United States of America (UNA-USA) Global Leadership Award Dinner in New York yesterday, honouring Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO):

It is an honour for me to join in this tribute to Dr. Brundtland.