Press Release

30 April 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6978
PI/1128

FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS RIGHT TO FOUGHT FOR, NOT BLESSING TO BE WISHED FOR, JOINT MESSAGE STATES ON OCCASION OF WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY

19990430 Secretary-General Kofi Annan, UNESCO Director-General, High Commissioner for Human Rights Issue Joint Appeal for Safety of Journalists

30 April 1999

Press Release
HR/CN/942

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONCLUDES FIFTY-FIFTH SESSION

19990430 Appoints Special Representative on Equatorial Guinea, Special Rapporteur On Migrants' Rights, Calls for Joint Mission to Democratic Republic of Congo

(Reissued as received.)

30 April 1999

Press Release
SAG/28

30 April 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6976

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS COUP D'ÉTAT IN COMOROS

19990430 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General condemns the coup d'état in the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros which overthrew the constitutional Government.

30 April 1999

Press Release
ENV/DEV/514

30 April 1999

Press Release
PI/1127

COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION TO HOLD 1999 SESSION IN NEW YORK 3 - 14 MAY

19990430 Background Release Reorientation of UN Activities in Public Information And Communications, Enrichment of UN Web Sites, among Topics To Be Considered

30 April 1999

Press Release
SG/A/693
BIO/3227

30 April 1999

Press Release
SG/T/2175

30 April 1999

Press Release
DC/2641*

DISARMAMENT COMMISSION ADOPTS GUIDELINES ON NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONES, CONVENTIONAL ARMS, AS IT CONCLUDES THREE-WEEK SESSION

19990430 Fails to Reach Consensus on Objectives, Agenda For Fourth Special Session of General Assembly on Disarmament

30 April 1999

Press Release
ORG/1283

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN MAY

19990430 The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in May, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month: