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14 January 1999

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SG/SM/6862

ON SIGNING ANNE FRANK DECLARATION, SECRETARY-GENERAL NOTES THAT MANY IN UN SYSTEM WORK FIRST AND FOREMOST FOR WELL-BEING OF VULNERABLE CHILDREN

19990114 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Following is the text of remarks made today at Headquarters by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on signing the Anne Frank Declaration:

14 January 1999

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PI/1112

13 January 1999

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SOC/NAR/792

12 January 1999

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SC/6625

SECURITY COUNCIL REITERATES DEMAND THAT UNITA LEADER COOPERATE IMMEDIATELY IN SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS OF RECENT PLANE CRASHES

19990112 Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1221 (1999), Council Condemns Downing Of Two United Nations Planes and Deplores Loss of Other Commercial Aircraft

12 January 1999

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DCF/351

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT TO OPEN 1999 SESSION ON 19 JANUARY

19990112 Background Release

GENEVA, 12 January (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament, the world's sole multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, will open its 1999 session on 19 January at the United Nations Office at Geneva.

12 January 1999

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SC/6626

SECURITY COUNCIL 1998: ELUSIVE QUEST FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY

19990112

Despite auspicious signs at the beginning of 1998 that peaceful solutions would resolve some long-standing conflicts and crises, by the end of the year the overall global security landscape looked grim, with renewed bombing of Iraq, as well as continued conflict in Africa.

12 January 1999

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SC/6624

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS SIERRA LEONE OBSERVER MISSION MANDATE UNTIL 13 MARCH

19990112 Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1220 (1999), Council Encourages All Efforts To Resolve Conflict and Restore Lasting Peace

12 January 1999

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SG/SM/6861

SECRETARY-GENERAL REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO CLOSE COOPERATION BETWEEN GROUP OF 77 AND UNITED NATIONS

19990112 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY 'Your Agenda is Our Agenda', Kofi Annan States At Group's Meeting for Turnover of Chairmanship from Indonesia to Guyana

11 January 1999

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ORG/1278

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN JANUARY

19990111 The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held beginning in January, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings beginning in January:

11 January 1999

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SG/SM/6860

SECRETARY-GENERAL WISHES SPEEDY RECOVERY TO WANGARI MAATHAI

19990111 Leading Figure in Disarmament and Environmental Fields Subject of Violence Today Close to United Nations Headquarters in Nairobi

The following statement was issued on Saturday, 9 January, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: