Press Release

12 April 1999

Press Release
DC/2634

DISARMAMENT COMMISSION OPENS 1999 SESSION, WITH FOCUS ON CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS, NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONES, GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION

19990412 Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs Says Commission Can Promote 'Sustainable Disarmament' by Highlighting Common Objectives

12 April 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6955

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES ROLE OF PARLIAMENTARIANS IN SAFEGUARDING INTEGRITY OF INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS

19990412 In Message to Inter-Parliamentary Conference, Kofi Annan Says Parliamentarians Are Vital Partners To Build Peace in Broadest Sense of Word

12 April 1999

Press Release
L/2919

12 April 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6958

KOFI ANNAN STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF UNIVERSALITY OF HUMAN RIGHTS, SOUNDNESS OF RULE OF LAW, FOR COMMON UNDERSTANDING AMONG GOVERNMENTS AND PEOPLE

19990412 Following is the text of an address delivered today in Madrid by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Diplomatic School of Spain:

12 April 1999

Press Release
DC/2635

GLOBAL NORMS TO REDUCE ACCUMULATION, TRANSFER OF SMALL ARMS URGENTLY NEEDED, BANGLADESH TELLS DISARMAMENT COMMISSION

19990412 Indonesia, Iran, Cuba, Kyrgyzstan Also Speak, As Commission Continues General Exchange of Views

12 April 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6956

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY REGRETS TALIBAN LEADERSHIP DECISION NOT TO RESUME NEGOTIATIONS STARTED IN ASHKABAD UNDER UNITED NATIONS AUSPICES

19990412 The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

9 April 1999

Press Release
HR/CN/903

NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS CALL FOR GREATER EMPHASIS ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS

19990409 Commission on Human Rights Urged To Back Foreign Debt Relief and Combat Rising Poverty

(Reissued as received.)

9 April 1999

Press Release
POP/723

9 April 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6954
AFR/140

SECRETARY-GENERAL LEARNS WITH DISMAY OF ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT IBRAHIM MAINASSARA BARÉ OF NIGER

19990409 The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General has learned with dismay of the assassination this morning of President Ibrahim Mainassara Baré of the Niger.

9 April 1999

Press Release
ENR/4