Press Release

26 April 1999

Press Release
ENV/DEV/510

COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT HEARS NATIONAL PRESENTATIONS FROM ICELAND, BALTIC SEA STATES, KENYA

19990426 Fisheries Management, Ocean Dumping, Destructive Use of Subsidies, Sustainable Tourism among Issues Raised

26 April 1999

Press Release
HR/CN/931

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN NIGERIA, LEBANON, IRAN, IRAQ, SUDAN

19990426 No-Action Motion on Situation in China Approved by Commission

(Reissued as received.)

26 April 1999

Press Release
GA/PAL/802*

UNITED NATIONS AFRICAN MEETING IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINIAN RIGHTS CONCLUDES IN NAMIBIA; ADOPTS WINDHOEK DECLARATION

19990426 (Received from a UN Information Officer.)

26 April 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6970/Rev.1

ADDRESSING `EUROPE'S WORLD ROLE IN 21ST CENTURY', IN BERLIN, SECRETARY-GENERAL CHALLENGES CONCEPT OF `UNIPOLAR WORLD'

19990426 There May Be Only One Super-Power, but It Needs Allies and Supporters in Order to Achieve Its Goals, Kofi Annan States

23 April 1999

Press Release
DC/2639

23 April 1999

Press Release
L/2923

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON UN CHARTER CONCLUDES TWO-WEEK SESSION

19990423

Report to General Assembly Contains Proposals On International Court of Justice, Third States Affected by Sanctions

23 April 1999

Press Release
SOC/CP/211

PREVENTING CRIME WORLDWIDE TO BE MAJOR FOCUS OF VIENNA MEETING FROM 27 APRIL TO 5 MAY

19990423 Background Release Crime Commission To Discuss Crime-Preventing Strategies, Global Treaty against Organized Crime, Key Topics of Tenth Crime Congress

(Reissued as received.)

23 April 1999

Press Release
GA/9553

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONFIRMS APPOINTMENT OF MARK MALLOCH BROWN AS ADMINISTRATOR OF UNDP FOR FOUR-YEAR TERM BEGINNING 1 JULY

19990423

The General Assembly this morning confirmed the appointment by Secretary-General Kofi Annan of Mark Malloch Brown as Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for a four-year term beginning on 1 July.

23 April 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6968

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AGREEMENT REACHED ON EAST TIMOR, WILL BE SIGNED IN NEW YORK ON 5 MAY

19990423 Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan's remarks at a Headquarters press conference today announcing that an agreement had been reached on East Timor:

23 April 1999

Press Release
ENV/DEV/508

GLOBALIZATION, EROSION OF TRADE PREFERENCES UNDERMINE SMALL ISLAND STATES COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TOLD

19990423

Meets as Preparatory Body for General Assembly Special Session to Review 1994 Barbados Action Plan for Small Island States