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WOM/1131
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF UNITED KINGDOM REPORT
19990610The 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.
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GA/PAL/804
UN INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON CONVENING OF CONFERENCE ON MEASURES TO ENFORCE FOURTH GENEVA CONVENTION IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY
19990610 Background Release Cairo, 14-15 June
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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:
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DCF/371
RUSSIAN FEDERATION HOPES UN DRAFT RESOLUTION ON KOSOVO WILL SERVE AS BASIS FOR IMMEDIATE CESSATION OF NATO AGGRESSION ON YUGOSLAVIA
19990610 President of Conference on Disarmament Speaks of Encouraging Signs Despite Main Obstacles Still to Be Overcome on Programme of Work(Reissued as received.)
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WOM/1132
COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF UNITED KINGDOM REPORTS
19990610 High Level of Teenage Conception, Participation of Men in Family Planning Discussed; United Kingdom Delegation Responds to Experts' Questions
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L/2926
THIRTY-FIFTH SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LAW SEMINAR TO OPEN IN GENEVA ON 14 JUNE
19990610 (Reissued as received.)
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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".
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DSG/SM/57
POP/728
DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES WINNERS OF 1999 UN POPULATION AWARD
19990609Following 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: