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17 May 1999

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SOC/4499

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR SPECIAL SESSION ON WORLD SOCIAL SUMMIT BEGINS FIRST SUBSTANTIVE SESSION

19990517 Deputy Secretary-General Opens Session; UNDP Administrator, ILO Director-General Also Speak

15 May 1999

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SC/6679

SECURITY COUNCIL URGES GOVERNMENT AND REBEL REPRESENTATIVES IN SIERRA LEONE TO ENSURE THERE ARE NO FURTHER OBSTACLES TO DIRECT PEACE TALKS

19990515 Presidential Statement Stresses Need for Supervised Disarmament Of Ex-Combatants, Including Child Soldiers, in Context of Solution to Conflict

15 May 1999

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SC/6678

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS UNMOT MANDATE BY SIX MONTHS

19990515

The Security Council this morning decided to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan (UNMOT) by six months until 15 November.

14 May 1999

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HR/4413

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES TWENTIETH SESSION

19990514 Issues Observations on Solomon Islands, Iceland, Denmark, Ireland, Tunisia, and General Comments on Right to Education and Right to Adequate Food

To be issued on 17 May.

14 May 1999

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SC/6675

SECURITY COUNCIL EXPRESSES PROFOUND REGRETS OVER BOMBING OF CHINESE EMBASSY, DEEP SORROW FOR LOSS OF LIVES, INJURIES, PROPERTY DAMAGE CAUSED

19990514 Council Observes Minute of Silence in Memory of Victims, Presidential Statement Stresses Need for Investigation of NATO Bombing

14 May 1999

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SG/SM/6993

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AT GENEVA, ON 14 MAY

19990514

14 May 1999

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GA/9554
REC/47

14 May 1999

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PI/1140

14 May 1999

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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:

14 May 1999

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