Press Release

17 March 1999

Press Release
SG/A/660/Rev.1*
BIO/3124/Rev.1*

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS LOUISE FRÉCHETTE OF CANADA AS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

19990317 Biographical Note Former Permanent Representative to United Nations Becomes First Person To Hold Newly Established Post

17 March 1999

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HR/CN/876

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO HOLD ANNUAL SESSION FROM 22 MARCH TO 30 APRIL

19990317 Background Release

GENEVA, 17 March (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights will review the state of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the world during its fifty-fifth session, which will be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 22 March to 30 April.

17 March 1999

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SG/SM/6929
ENV/DEV/496

FOREST PROTECTION IS ESSENTIAL INVESTMENT IN FUTURE WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE AND PLANET, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS CENTRAL AFRICA FOREST SUMMIT

19990317 In Message to Summit's Opening, in Yaoundé, Kofi Annan Stresses Need To Encourage Private Sector to Make Positive Investments in Forest Management

16 March 1999

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L/2916

16 March 1999

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SG/SM/6927
RD/892

GLOBALIZATION, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, 'SHOULD ALSO GIVE US A HUMANITY FREE OF THE BARRIERS OF RACE'

19990316 On Occasion of Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 21 March, Kofi Annan Stresses Racism Can, Will and Must Be Defeated

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, observed on 21 March:

16 March 1999

Press Release
DEV/2201

SYMPOSIUM ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND CIVIC SOCIETY IN SMALL ISLAND STATES TO BE HELD 17-19 MARCH IN MALTA

19990316 Event Sponsored by United Nations Department Of Economic and Social Affairs and Commonwealth Local Government Forum

16 March 1999

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SG/SM/6925

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES PROFOUND SADNESS OVER DEATHS IN TRAGIC CRASH OF HELICOPTER FLYING FOR UNITED NATIONS IN HAITI

19990316 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

16 March 1999

Press Release
WOM/1120

16 March 1999

Press Release
OS/1749

16 March 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6928

IN VIDEO MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS FUTURE OF HUMANITY LIES IN CITIES; STRESSES THAT URBAN REVOLUTION MUST WORK FOR PEOPLE, NOT AGAINST THEM

19990316 Following is the text of a video message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the thirty-fourth World Congress of the International Union of Local Authorities, to be held in Barcelona from 21 to 24 March: