Press Release

25 May 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7003

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED WITH REPORTS OF FIGHTING BETWEEN INDIAN AND PAKISTANI TROOPS IN KASHMIR

19990525 The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is concerned about report of a two-week long heavy exchange of fire between the Indian and Pakistani troops along the Line of Control in the Kargil and Drass sectors in Jammu and Kashmir.

25 May 1999

Press Release
GA/9558
REC/51

25 May 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7001
OBV/95

IN MESSAGE ON OCCASION OF WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL JOINS CALL TO SMOKERS EVERYWHERE TO 'LEAVE THE PACK BEHIND'

19990525 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day:

24 May 1999

Press Release
GA/9557

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ENDORSES RECOMMENDATION TO EXTEND TERM OF OFFICE FOR RWANDA TRIBUNAL JUDGE

19990524 Action Allows Judge Aspergen to Finish Rutaganda and Musema Cases; Acting Assembly President Marks Solidarity with Non-Self-Governing Territories

24 May 1999

Press Release
SEA/1616

24 May 1999

Press Release
GA/9555
REC/49

24 May 1999

Press Release
REC/48

WORKSHOP ON SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF FINANCIAL CRISIS

19990524

BANGKOK, 21 May (United Nations Information Service) --- An interregional workshop on the "Social Implications of the Financial Crisis" and an expert group meeting on the "Agenda for Action on Social Development in the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) region will be held from 25 to 27 May at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok.

24 May 1999

Press Release
GA/9560

24 May 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7000

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS KIDNAPPING OF SENATOR PIEDAD CORDOBA DE CASTRO OF COLOMBIA

19990524 The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

24 May 1999

Press Release
GA/9556
REC/50