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Press Release

SG/SM/6916

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP OF LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL

5 March 1999


Press Release
SG/SM/6916


SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP OF LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL

19990305

Following are remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the twenty- first Annual Lions Day with the United Nations, in New York on 5 March:

Thank you for those kind words. It is incredible to have so many Lions in one room. I am a tiger myself, in that I was born in the year of the tiger.

DCF/362

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS ON SMALL ARMS AND LANDMINES FROM SOUTH AFRICA AND UKRAINE

4 March 1999


Press Release
DCF/362


CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS ON SMALL ARMS AND LANDMINES FROM SOUTH AFRICA AND UKRAINE

19990304 President of Conference Considers Issuing Proposal on Nuclear Disarmament

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 4 March (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard a statement from South Africa on small arms and an address from Ukraine on anti-personnel landmines.

WOM/1108

WOMEN'S COMMISSION CONCLUDES GENERAL DISCUSSION ON INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS FOR ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN

4 March 1999


Press Release
WOM/1108


WOMEN'S COMMISSION CONCLUDES GENERAL DISCUSSION ON INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS FOR ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN

19990304 Need for Data Analysis, Adequate Funding Stressed by Speakers

Representatives stressed the need for data analysis and adequate funding in the development of effective institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women, as the Commission on the Status of Women concluded its general discussions on the topic this afternoon.