Press Release

19 May 1999

Press Release
SOC/4502/

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR SPECIAL SESSION ON WORLD SOCIAL SUMMIT BEGINS PRELIMINARY REVIEW AND APPRAISAL OF SUMMIT'S OUTCOME

19990519 CORRECTION

On page 13 of Press Release SOC/4502 issued 18 May, the first paragraph of the speaker from Kazakhstan should read as follows:

19 May 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6998
AFR/143

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT ON SIERRA LEONE

19990519 The following statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan concerning the Sierra Leone ceasefire was issued today by his Spokesman:

19/05/1999

Press Release SC/6681

Security Council

4007th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL, THROUGH PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, STRONGLY CONDEMNS CRIMINAL

    ACT OF UNITA -- 12 MAY SHOOTING DOWN OF ANTONOV-26 NEAR LUZAMBA, ANGOLA

The Security Council this morning strongly condemned the criminal act

19 May 1999

Press Release
GA/COL/2998

19 May 1999

Press Release
SOC/4505

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SHOULD ADOPT NEW ILO CONVENTION ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOUR, PREPARATORY COMMITTEE TOLD

19990519 Preparatory Committee for Special Session On World Social Summit Takes Up Subject of Employment

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:

18 May 1999

Press Release
SOC/4503

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR SPECIAL SESSION ON WORLD SOCIAL SUMMIT CONTINUES PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF SUMMIT OUTCOME

19990518 Thirty-Four Speakers Address Committee; Stress Need For International Cooperation in Globalization, Social Development

18 May 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6997

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS RENEWAL OF EFFECTIVENESS AND RELEVANCE OF SECURITY COUNCIL MUST BE CORNERSTONE OF EFFORTS TO PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL PEACE IN NEXT CENTURY

19990518 Following is the text of an address on "The Effectiveness of the International Rule of Law in Maintaining International Peace and Security", delivered today in The Hague by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, on the occasion of the centennial of the first International Peace Conference:

18 May 1999

Press Release
SOC/4502

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR SPECIAL SESSION ON WORLD SOCIAL SUMMIT BEGINS PRELIMINARY REVIEW AND APPRAISAL OF SUMMIT'S OUTCOME

19990518 Twenty-one Speakers Address Issues of External Debt, Global Financial Crisis, Social Policies and Effects of Globalization

17 May 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6995

ULTIMATE CRIME TO MISS CHANCE FOR PEACE AND CONDEMN PEOPLE TO MISERY OF WAR, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO 'APPEAL FOR PEACE' CONFERENCE AT THE HAGUE

19990517 Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the "Appeal for Peace Conference" at The Hague on 15 May: