Press Release

3 February 1999

Press Release
ECOSOC/5812

MANAGING RISKS OF GLOBALIZATION GREAT CHALLENGE OF MODERN TIMES, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

19990203 Urges Council, UN System To Help Meet That Challenge; Council Should Be Body 'Charter Intended", Says Council President

3 February 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6886

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR EXTRA EFFORT TO END AFRICA'S WARS, UNLEASH ITS RICH POTENTIAL, AS HE ACCEPTS 1999 BLACK HISTORY MAKERS AWARD

19990203 Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Associated Black Charities upon receiving the 1999 Black History Makers Award in New York on February:

2 February 1999

Press Release
TAD/1865

2 February 1999

Press Release
SG/T/2167

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S VISIT TO LUXEMBOURG, 28-29 JANUARY

19990202

The Secretary-General arrived in Luxembourg in the evening of Thursday, 28 January. He was welcomed by Jacques F. Poos, Vice-Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg.

2 February 1999

Press Release
DCF/357

DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER OF IRAN ADDRESSES CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT

19990202

(Reissued as received.)

2 February 1999

Press Release
WOM/1094

POSITION AND STATUS OF WOMEN IN HONG KONG CONSTANTLY IMPROVING, COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN TOLD

19990202 Report on Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's Compliance with Anti-Discrimination Convention Discussed

2 February 1999

Press Release
SG/T/2168

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S ACTIVITIES IN DAVOS, SWITZERLAND 29 JANUARY - 1 FEBRUARY

19990202 (Received from a spokesman travelling with the Secretary-General.)

2 February 1999

Press Release
ECOSOC/5811

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TO HOLD HIGH-LEVEL MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF BRETTON WOODS INSTITUTIONS ON 29 APRIL

19990202 Alyaksandr Sychou (Belarus) Elected Vice-President

1 February 1999

Press Release
SC/6638

NEW CHAIRMEN OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY BODIES IN FEBRUARY

19990201 In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the new Chairmen of the United Nations security bodies for February:

Security Council

Robert R. Fowler (Canada) succeeds Celso L.N. Amorim (Brazil) as President of the Security Council.

Military Staff Committee

1 February 1999

Press Release
SG/T/2166

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S VISIT TO BELGIUM, 26-28 JANUARY

19990201

The Secretary-General travelled from Geneva to Brussels in the evening of Tuesday, 26 January. He was welcomed to Belgium by the Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Erik Derycke.

At 9:30 a.m. on the following day, he met with the families of the Belgian peacekeepers killed in Rwanda in 1994. He then had an audience with King Albert II at the Palais Royal.