Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Jean-Marie Guéhenno of France as Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, effective 1 October.
The political will of Cameroon to improve the situation of women was clear and ratification of the Convention had given the Government its most important tool to fight gender discrimination, the Conventions monitoring body was told this morning.
The five nuclear-weapon Powers should launch a comprehensive, forward-based, phased disarmament programme without artificial delays or other tactics, the representative of the Russian Federation told the Disarmament Commission this afternoon, as it continued its general debate.
Following are the remarks of General Assembly President Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia) at the welcome reception of the Assembly special session "World Summit for Social Development and Beyond: Achieving Social Development for All in a Globalizing World" in Geneva on 26 June:
Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the opening ceremony of the Forum Geneva 2000 in Geneva on 25 June:
A nuclear doctrine had recently evolved into a multiplicity of what were called minimum nuclear deterrence strategies, the Disarmament Commission was told this morning as it began its first 2000 substantive session.
Secretary-General Urges Renewed Efforts to Reduce Poverty
Following is the text of remarks made by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Festival Mondial des Enfants in Basel, Switzerland, on 24 June:
Following is the statement of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Frechette to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Forum 2000 panel on "Partnership for the Twenty-first Century" in Paris on 26 June:
Bosnia and Herzegovina Announces Signing of Court Treaty
Bosnia and Herzegovina announced its signing of the treaty establishing the International Criminal Court this morning, as the Preparatory Commission for the Court continued its work on two key texts necessary to the Court's functioning.
