Press Release

3 May 1999

Press Release
ENV/DEV/513

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION CONCLUDES SEVENTH SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS, 19 - 30 APRIL

19990503 Takes Action on Sustainable Tourism, Sustainable Use of Oceans And Seas; Approves 'No Action' Motion on Sustainable Development in Balkans

3 May 1999

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SG/T/2177

3 May 1999

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DEV/2205

3 May 1999

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SAG/29

3 May 1999

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DC/2642

FIRST MEETING OF STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTION ON PROHIBITION OF ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES OPENS IN MAPUTO

19990503 (Received from a UN Information Officer.)

3 May 1999

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OBV/92
PI/1129

WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY OBSERVED AT HEADQUARTERS WITH PANEL DISCUSSION ON GENERATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON FREEDOM OF PRESS

19990503 Secretary-General Stresses Press Freedom as Cornerstone of Human Rights

3 May 1999

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TAD/1874

3 May 1999

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DEV/2206

3 May 1999

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SG/SM/6979
PI/1130

SECRETARY-GENERAL SALUTES COURAGE AND COMMITMENT TO TRUTH OF JOURNALISTS EVERYWHERE, SO FREEDOM MAY FLOURISH IN EVERY COUNTRY

19990503 In Video-Message on Occasion of World Press Freedom Day, Kofi Annan Stresses 'Press Freedom is a Cornerstone of Human Rights'

Following is the text of the video-message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the observance of World Press Freedom Day, in New York today:

30 April 1999

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SG/SM/6977

'OUR DIFFERENCES CAN AND MUST BE OUTWEIGHED BY OUR COMMON HUMANITY', STRESSES SECRETARY-GENERAL IN COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS TO UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

19990430 Kofi Annan Says International Norm against Repression of Minorities That Will Take Precedence over Concerns of State Sovereignty Is Emerging

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's commencement address to the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbour on 1 May: