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5 June 1999

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DSG/SM/54

NO CAUSE TOO DISTANT, NO TASK TOO DIFFICULT, WHEN CITIZENS TRULY COMMITTED, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN OTTAWA ADDRESS

19990605 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Following is the text of the address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Frechette to the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Canada, on 5 June:

4 June 1999

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AFG/94
PI/1143

PAKISTAN SETS UP ENVIRONMENTAL TRIBUNALS TO EXAMINE MAJOR OFFENSES SUCH AS INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION

19990604 UN Calls for Boycott of Afghan Timber

4 June 1999

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REC/58

4 June 1999

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SG/T/2183

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S ACTIVITIES IN ITALY 2-3 JUNE

19990604 At the invitation of His Holiness Pope John Paul II, the Secretary-General travelled to Rome to meet with the Pope, in order to assess the situation in the Balkans and the prospects for resolving the crisis and building peace in the region.

The Secretary-General travelled on Tuesday evening, 2 June.

4 June 1999

Press Release
DSG/SM/54

NO CAUSE TOO DISTANT, NO TASK TOO DIFFICULT, WHEN CITIZENS TRULY COMMITTED, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN OTTAWA ADDRESS

19990604 Following is the text of the address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Frechette to the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Canada, on 5 June:

4 June 1999

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SG/SM/7018

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES NEWS OF BREAKTHROUGH AGREEMENT REACHED YESTERDAY IN BELGRADE

19990604 Following is the text of a statement attributable to Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

I welcome the news of the breakthrough agreement reached in Belgrade yesterday. My warmest congratulations go to President Martti Ahtisaari and Special Envoy Victor Chernomyrdin on their achievement.

4 June 1999

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DCF/370

SITUATIONS IN KOSOVO AND KASHMIR DISCUSSED IN CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT

19990604

GENEVA, 3 June (UN Information Service) -- The situations in Kosovo and Kashmir were discussed this morning in the Conference on Disarmament which heard statements from the representatives of the United States, China, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.

4 June 1999

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SAG/37

UN FOOD AGENCIES SAY JORDAN HIT BY WORST DROUGHT IN DECADES

19990604

ROME, 3 June (FAO) -- The Kingdom of Jordan has been hit by the "worst drought in decades" affecting hundreds of thousands of people, according to a joint report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).

4 June 1999

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WOM/1125

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN TO HOLD TWENTY-FIRST SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS

19990604 Background Release

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, the only United Nations human rights treaty-monitoring body concerned exclusively with women, will convene the second of its two annual sessions at Headquarters from 7 to 25 June.

4 June 1999

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HR/4416

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT APPEALS FOR RELEASE OF HOSTAGES IN COLOMBIA

19990604 Says Political Kidnappings 'Totally Unacceptable'

Following is the text of a humanitarian appeal made by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Olara Otunnu, in Bogota, Colombia, on 2 June: