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WOM/1131
10 June 1999


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WOM/1131


COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF UNITED KINGDOM REPORT

19990610

The structural elements for implementing the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in the United Kingdom were largely in place, but cultural and social obstacles remained, a representative of that country told the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning.

SG/SM/7023
10 June 1999


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SG/SM/7023
SC/6687


SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN COUNCIL MEETING ON KOSOVO, SAYS UN IS DETERMINED TO LEAD CIVILIAN IMPLEMENTATION OF PEACE EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY

19990610 Kofi Annan Says Resolution Gives Strong Legal Underpinning to Task Ahead; 'But Let us Not Be Triumphalist, for that Task is Indeed Daunting'

Following is the text of the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the Security Council resolution on Kosovo adopted today:

SG/T/2184
10 June 1999


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SG/T/2184


ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN WASHINGTON, D.C., ON 8 JUNE

19990610 The Secretary-General travelled to Washington, D.C., in the afternoon of Tuesday, 8 June, to address the Board of Directors of the United States Chamber of Commerce.

In his speech, the Secretary-General emphasized that the United Nations needs the world's businessmen and businesswomen as full partners "in our global mission of peace and development".

DSG/SM/57
9 June 1999


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DSG/SM/57
POP/728


DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES WINNERS OF 1999 UN POPULATION AWARD

19990609

Following is the text of the remarks of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the ceremony for the 1999 United Nations Population Award, which was delivered today in New York on her behalf by Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations Gillian Martin Sorensen: