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SG/SM/6991

SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES WORLD METEOROLOGICAL CONGRESS

14 May 1999


Press Release
SG/SM/6991
SAG/34


SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES WORLD METEOROLOGICAL CONGRESS

19990514 GENEVA, 14 May (UN Information Service) -- Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Meteorological Congress, delivered today at the Geneva International Conference Centre:

SC/6676

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF MINURSO UNTIL 14 SEPTEMBER

14 May 1999


Press Release
SC/6676


SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF MINURSO UNTIL 14 SEPTEMBER

19990514

The Security Council tonight decided to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) until 14 September in order to resume the identification process, start the appeals process and conclude all outstanding agreements needed to implement the Settlement Plan.

HR/4412

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES TWENTY-SECOND SESSION

14 May 1999


Press Release
HR/4412


COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES TWENTY-SECOND SESSION

19990514 Considered Reports of Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Mauritius, Venezuela, Bulgaria, Italy, Luxembourg, Libya, Morocco, Egypt, Liechtenstein

(Reissued as received.)

SG/SM/6992

SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON BALKANS

14 May 1999


Press Release
SG/SM/6992


SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON BALKANS

19990514 GENEVA, 14 May (UN Information Service) -- This is the prepared text of the opening statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the second part of the High-Level Meeting on the crisis in the Balkans, held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva today:

First, I would like to introduce my Special Envoys for the Balkans, Mr. Carl Bildt and Mr. Eduard Kukan.