Press Release

10 June 1999

Press Release
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.

10 June 1999

Press Release
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

10 June 1999

Press Release
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:

9 June 1999

Press Release
HR/4418

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT CONCLUDES HUMANITARIAN MISSION TO COLOMBIA

19990609 (Reissued as received from the Office of the Special Representative.)

9 June 1999

Press Release
WOM/1129

GEORGIA'S EFFORTS TO ADVANCE WOMEN'S STATUS AFFECTED BY CONFLICT, ECONOMICS, COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN TOLD

19990609 Georgia's Representative Introduces Initial Report; Experts Raise Questions on Use of Quotas, 'Cult' of the Mother

9 June 1999

Press Release

9 June 1999

Press Release
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:

9 June 1999

Press Release
WOM/1130

CLEAR INFORMATION ON IMPACT OF PRIVATIZING HEALTH CARE IN GEORGIA ON WOMEN'S GENERAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CALLED FOR IN ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

19990609 Committee Continues Consideration of Georgia's Report on Compliance With Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

9 June 1999

Press Release

8 June 1999

Press Release
DSG/SM/56

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES THERE CANNOT BE SUSTAINED DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS UNLESS PEOPLE OF DEVELOPING COUNTRY FEEL THEY ARE IN DRIVING SEAT

19990608

Addressing High-Level Workshop, Louise Frechette Says Both World Bank And UN Development Framework Initiatives Place Concerned Countries at Centre