Press Release

12 March 1999

Press Release
WOM/1116

WOMEN'S COMMISSION URGES GOVERNMENTS TO TAKE MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN WOMEN'S ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE TO BETTER PROTECT THEM FROM HIV INFECTION

19990312 Text on Rights of Palestinian Women Approved by Vote of 33-1-4

12 March 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6922

PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN, HIS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR EAST TIMOR, AND FOREIGN MINISTERS OF INDONESIA AND PORTUGAL

19990312

12 March 1999

Press Release
WOM/1117

DRAFT OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION APPROVED BY COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN

19990312 Commission Requests Economic and Social Council To Authorize Resumption of Forty-Third Session to Conclude Work

12 March 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6923

SECRETARY-GENERAL, EXPRESSING GREAT SADNESS AT DEATH OF YEHUDI MENUHIN DESCRIBES HIM AS 'CITIZEN OF THE WORLD IN FULLEST SENSE'

19990312 The following was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General, who learned with great sadness this morning of the death of Lord Menuhim, has issued the following statement:

11 March 1999

Press Release
WOM/1115

TEXTS RELATED TO WOMEN AND HIV/AIDS, RELEASE OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN TAKEN HOSTAGE IN ARMED CONFLICTS, INTRODUCED IN COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN

19990311 Commission Hears Introduction of Seven Texts

11 March 1999

Press Release
SOC/CP/210

11 March 1999

Press Release
GA/AB/3285

COST OF INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM WITHIN NORMAL RANGE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE AND COMPLEX SYSTEMS, FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD

19990311 However, Costs Could Have Been Reduced with Proper Planning And Timely Action, Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Says

11 March 1999

Press Release
SOC/NAR/795

COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS TO MEET IN VIENNA, 16 - 25 MARCH

19990311 Background Release

VIENNA, 11 March (UN Information Service) -- Reviewing steps taken by nations to meet drug control targets set at the General Assembly special session in New York last June will be the major focus of the annual meeting of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs -- the United Nations' main policy-making body for drug control -- from 16 to 25 March in Vienna.

11 March 1999

Press Release
SC/6653

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS SIERRA LEONE MISSION UNTIL 13 JUNE, COMMENDS WEST AFRICAN PEACEKEEPING FORCE

19990311 Resolution 1231 (1999, Adopted Unanimously, Condemns Rebel Atrocities, Expresses Concern at Reports of Arms, Mercenaries Supplied from Liberian Territory

10 March 1999

Press Release
L/2914