Press Release

17 June 1999

Press Release
WOM/1138

SPAIN PRESENTS THIRD, FOURTH PERIODIC REPORTS ON COMPLIANCE WITH WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION

19990617

Report Notes Progress, but Says Inequalities Persist in Decision-Making; Experts Question Promotion of Part-Time Work for Women, Situation of Elderly

17 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7034

SECRETARY-GENERAL LEARNS WITH CONCERN OF LARGE-SCALE CONFRONTATION ALONG CEASEFIRE LINE SEPARATING AZERI AND ARMENIA

19990617

The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

17 June 1999

Press Release
DSG/SM/59

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL LOUISE FRÉCHETTE AT UNITED NATIONS GENEVA OFFICE, 16 JUNE

19990617

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17 June 1999

Press Release
WOM/1139

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS OF SPAIN

19990617 Double Burden of Women Working Outside Home and Taking Care of Family Signalled; Constant Progress in Situation of Women in Various Fields Noted

17 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7035

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF UN UNITING TO CONFRONT MASSIVE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY ON SCALE OF KOSOVO

19990617

Following is the text of remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Annual Meeting of the Academic Council on the United Nations (ACUNS), today in New York:

16 June 1999

Press Release
ECOSOC/5823

MINISTERIAL DEBATES OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TO BE AVAILABLE ON INTERNET FOR THE FIRST TIME

19990616 (Reissued as received.)

16 June 1999

Press Release
SG/A/696

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ALAN JAMES MILLS OF AUSTRALIA AS CIVILIAN POLICE COMMISSIONER OF UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN EAST TIMOR

19990616 The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

16 June 1999

Press Release

SECRETARY-GENERAL AND WORLD SOCCER FEDERATION PRESIDENT TO HOLD JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE

19990616 New Partnership Will Be Announced; Soccer Stars Pele, Kristine Lilly to Participate

16 June 1999

Press Release
GA/PAL/809

CAIRO INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON FOURTH GENEVA CONVENTION ADOPTS FINAL DOCUMENT

19990616 (Received from a UN Information Officer.)

16 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7032

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS COUNCIL OF BALTIC SEA STATES PLAYS KEY ROLE IN HELPING UNDERPIN STABLE, DEMOCRATIC, PROSPEROUS AND UNDIVIDED EUROPE

19990616 Following is the text of the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Council of the Baltic Sea States, which was delivered on his behalf in Riga, Latvia, on 14 June, by the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, Vladimir Petrovsky: