Press Release

21 May 1999

Press Release
SG/T/2181

20 May 1999

Press Release
DSG/SM/52

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS WORLD COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO NEED COMMITMENT, ENERGIES AND IDEAS OF FORMER INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVANTS

19990520 Louise Frechette Takes up Subject of UN Reform In Address to Association of Former International Civil Servants

20 May 1999

Press Release
DCF/368/Rev.1*

UNITED STATES, UNITED KINGDOM AND FRANCE PROPOSE DRAFT PROGRAMME OF WORK FOR CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT

19990520 (Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 20 May (UN Information Service) -- The United States, the United Kingdom and France today proposed a draft programme of work for the Conference on Disarmament which could allow the world's sole multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations to start its substantive work.

20 May 1999

Press Release
SOC/4506

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR SPECIAL SESSION ON WORLD SOCIAL SUMMIT TAKES UP ISSUES OF INTEGRATION, EQUALITY, EDUCATION AND HEALTH

19990520 Poland's Representative Calls for International Instrument to Protect Family; Access to Primary Schooling, Protection of Migrant Workers Discussed

20 May 1999

Press Release
PI/1140/

COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION SUSPENDS TWENTY-FIRST SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS CORRECTION

19990520

On page 8 of Press Release PI/1140 issued 14 May, the statement by the representative of Guyana should read as follows:

20 May 1999

Press Release
DSG/SM/52/Rev.1*

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS WORLD COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO NEED COMMITMENT, ENERGIES AND IDEAS OF FORMER INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVANTS

19990520 Louise Fréchette Takes Up Subject of UN Reform In Address to Association of Former International Civil Servants

20 May 1999

Press Release
SOC/4507

STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMMES SHOULD INCLUDE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC GOALS, PREPARATORY COMMITTEE TOLD

19990520 Preparatory Committee for Special Session on Social Summit Outcome Takes Up Africa and Least Development Countries, Structural Adjustment Programmes

20 May 1999

Press Release
SOC/4504/

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR SPECIAL SESSION ON WORLD SOCIAL SUMMIT DISCUSSES SUMMIT COMMITMENT ON POVERTY ERADICATION CORRECTION

19990520

On page 6 of Press Release SOC/4504 issued 19 May, the name of the representative of Syria should read:

ALI AL-KHALIL, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs

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19 May 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6999
AFR/144

IN ERA OF GLOBAL CHANGE, TIME TO BRING ABOUT 'AFRICA THAT AFRICANS DESERVE' SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO AFRICAN/AFRICAN-AMERICAN SUMMIT IN GHANA

19990519 Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fifth African/African-American Summit, delivered on his behalf by the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Ibrahima Fall, in Accra, Ghana, on 19 May:

19 May 1999

Press Release
SC/6680

SECURITY COUNCIL ENDORSES RECOMMENDATION THAT RWANDA TRIBUNAL JUDGE ASPEGREN FINISH RUTAGANDA AND MUSEMA CASES BEFORE EXPIRY OF HIS TERM OF OFFICE

19990519 Resolution 1241 (1999) Adopted Unanimously