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AFR/149
23 June 1999


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AFR/149
HR/4422


HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TO VISIT SIERRA LEONE

19990623

Mary Robinson To Draw Attention to Plight Of Civilian Victims of Atrocities and To Support Peace Process

(Reissued as received.)

GA/COL/3010
23 June 1999


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GA/COL/3010


SPECIAL DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE CONTINUES TO HEAR SPEAKERS ON EAST TIMOR

19990623

The flexibility and innovation of the Indonesian Government and its leading role in finding a settlement was the spark that had made negotiations possible, a petitioner said this afternoon in the Special Committee on the Situation with Regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

SG/SM/7040
22 June 1999


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SG/SM/7040
AFR/148


SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES SATISFACTION THAT UN HUMANITARIAN ASSESSMENT MISSION TO SPLM/A-HELD AREAS IN SOUTH KOFDOFAN STATE OF SUDAN IS PROCEEDING POSITIVELY

19990622

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

DSG/SM/61
22 June 1999


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DSG/SM/61
PI/1150


DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED TO BUILD REAL PUBLIC CONFIDENCE ABOUT ACTIONS TO CONFRONT Y2K ISSUE

19990622 Louise Fréchette, in Meeting of Y2K Coordinators, Praises Ahmad Kamal Of Pakistan as 'Truly Remarkable Chairman' of Working Group on Informatics

Following is the text of closing remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the Working Group on Informatics, in New York today: