Young People Key to Multifaceted Food Security Programmes; Education Must Be Emphasized, Rural-Urban Migration Prevented
Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon receiving the 1999 Woodrow Wilson Statesmanship Award from the Woodrow Wilson House this evening in Washington, D.C.:
You do me a great honour tonight in giving me this award, and I thank you.
Following are the remarks of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette on the occasion of World Food Day, which were delivered at a special Headquarters observance today on her behalf by Under-Secretary- General for Economic and Social Affairs Nitin Desai:
Delegates Hear Arguments for and against Proposed UN Conference on International Migration and Development
Following is the statement of the President of the General Assembly Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia) delivered to the World Food Day observance at Headquarters on 19 October:
The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The following statement is attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
Faithful adherence to present international law rather than codification of new ones would yield the best results, the Sixth Committee was told this morning as it began debate on activities marking the end of the United Nations Decade of International Law.
Delegations Stress Transparency, Importance of Capacity-to-Pay, Need for Scale To Be Re-evaluated
Under Secretary-General Paints Broad Peacekeeping Picture, Denmark Cites Need for Swift and Efficient Early-Warning System
