Press Release

23 April 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6968

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AGREEMENT REACHED ON EAST TIMOR, WILL BE SIGNED IN NEW YORK ON 5 MAY

19990423 Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan's remarks at a Headquarters press conference today announcing that an agreement had been reached on East Timor:

23 April 1999

Press Release
ENV/DEV/508

GLOBALIZATION, EROSION OF TRADE PREFERENCES UNDERMINE SMALL ISLAND STATES COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TOLD

19990423

Meets as Preparatory Body for General Assembly Special Session to Review 1994 Barbados Action Plan for Small Island States

23 April 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6966

TRANSCRIPTS OF TWO PRESS CONFERENCES BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AT HEADQUARTERS, 23 APRIL

19990423

23 April 1999

Press Release
DC/2638

DISARMAMENT COMMISSION HEARS REPORTS FROM CHAIRMEN OF THREE WORKING GROUPS ON PROGRESS MADE ON KEY DISARMAMENT ISSUES

19990423 Statements Also Made by Representatives of Ukraine, Poland and China

The Disarmament Commission this morning held a brief plenary session to hear reports from the Chairmen of its three working groups on the progress made so far on the key disarmament issues being deliberated at the 1999 substantive session.

23 April 1999

Press Release
HR/CN/930

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON CUBA, AFGHANISTAN, BURUNDI AND OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES

19990423 Commission Rejects Resolution on Kosovo

(Reissued as received.)

23 April 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6969

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISCUSSES KOSOVO WITH SWITZERLAND'S FOREIGN MINISTER

19990423 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

23 April 1999

Press Release
ENV/DEV/509

CHANGING CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION PATTERNS IN DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISCUSSED IN COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

19990423 Commission Concludes High-level Segment

23 April 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6967
DEV/2203

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES NEW UNDP ADMINISTRATOR MARK MALLOCH BROWN AS ARTICULATE, PERSUASIVE, DEVOTED TO CAUSE OF DEVELOPMENT

19990423 Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan's remarks at Headquarters today, as he introduced the new Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Mark Malloch Brown, whose appointment will take effect on 1 July:

23 April 1999

Press Release
DC/2639

23 April 1999

Press Release
L/2923

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON UN CHARTER CONCLUDES TWO-WEEK SESSION

19990423

Report to General Assembly Contains Proposals On International Court of Justice, Third States Affected by Sanctions